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`123456' password used in Danish CPR data breach

https://cphpost.dk/2026-10-10/news/round-up/123456-password-used-in-massive-danish-cpr-data-breach/
46•baal80spam•49m ago

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imdsm•26m ago
not ideal
donalhunt•26m ago
In Denmark, a CPR number (short for Det Centrale Personregister, or Central Person Register) is a unique 10-digit personal identification and social security number assigned to every resident and citizen.

Equivalent to social security information in the US I guess.

lordnacho•12m ago
It's unique, but it encodes your birthday and sex.

There's only 500 numbers it could be, assuming someone knows those other things about you.

In any case, there are alternative systems for authorisation.

INTPenis•26m ago
I love getting to the root cause of these incidents. Hate it when they just move on with no post mortem, the rest of us are trying to learn here!

Like the recent ransomware attack on a Swedish Svedala municipality, still no root cause published on that?

piker•26m ago
That’s the same combination I have on my luggage!
Sau1707•15m ago
I bet you are not the only one!
justinclift•11m ago
The Spaceballs piece about it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6iW-8xPw3k
HPsquared•7m ago
Funnily enough, luggage calls back to those TSA locks.
m00dy•25m ago
lol, it's a joke right ?
lordnacho•17m ago
Completely real.
lifestyleguru•23m ago
For 1-2 years now strictly IT companies are on Copilot, non strictly IT companies on autopilot, and in neither case there are any pilots. Hopefully the default installation and configuration of everything will solve all your problems because there is nothing else.
zweifuss•21m ago
I’m less shocked than I should be. National ID registries can be incredibly convenient, but when something goes wrong, it can go terribly wrong. Despite my general misgivings, I hope the IT company is visibly held accountable.
sethammons•17m ago
What would that accountability look like?
gunalx•14m ago
Not existing preferably.
tannertech•9m ago
Strange way to say prison time. Or if you meant capital punishment harsh but fair.
lifestyleguru•5m ago
Intensify the "beware of scammers and identity thief" campaign. Go all in - unblockable SMS's, emails, and notifications.
sneak•17m ago
The question really becomes: why do so many organizations seem to know absolutely nothing about well-publicized and well-documented best practices? How does a government completely lack controls or oversight for basic competence?
LarsKrimi•13m ago
Privatization

It was run by DXC Technology, the Danish branch of a US software house.

When doing a contract on such programs the Danish government must take the cheapest offer by rule

GuestFAUniverse•8m ago
What could go wrong? /S
tokai•11m ago
Its interesting, while private companies just blast our data out there, I cannot install the software I need to do my work because the state IT provider blocks it on security grounds. Its all very tiresome.
sokols•7m ago
I think that the third parties who have been granted access to the civil registry should be audited on a regular basis for the “best practices” of the day. Similar to the participants of the payment systems like VISA or MC that are regularly audited for PCI standards.
croes•7m ago
Did they have MFA?

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`123456' password used in Danish CPR data breach

https://cphpost.dk/2026-10-10/news/round-up/123456-password-used-in-massive-danish-cpr-data-breach/
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