Denmark Says Attackers Accessed CPR Data for 8.8 Million People via Company Account

Unauthorized parties have gained access to the names, addresses, and personal identification numbers of about 8.8 million people, living and dead, in Denmark’s national population register, the country’s digitalization ministry said on October 5.

They used a private Danish company’s lawful right to look up records in the Central Person Register (CPR). The ministry has told people never to