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Data breach at Denmark's national population register exposes 8.8 million records

Unauthorized actors accessed Denmark's Civil Registration System (CPR), exposing personal data belonging to approximately 8.8 million people, according to the Danish Ministry of Digital Affairs. Authorities are investigating the breach after administrators discovered the illicit access. The full extent of the compromised data and the identity of the perpetrators have not been publicly confirmed.

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6 differing positions reported on attribution across 6 publishers; unresolved.
  • cna-tw丹麥政府
  • ltn遭駭
  • rferlհաքերները
  • deutschehack
  • telegramהתוקפים
  • klix-baHakerski
WhereDenmark
55.825, 11.187 ±400 km
First reported20 days ago
Published2026-10-06 21:52 UTC
Sources10
How this travelled.
Reports9Independent tellings7
7 independently corroborated tellings, 1 reported as carrying another outlet.

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Global Event Monitor. Data breach at Denmark's national population register exposes 8.8 million records. 2026-10-06T21:52:19.445Z. Status: published. urn:global-events-monitor:event:4892. https://global.eventmonitor.net/event/2026-10-06/hakerski-napad-u-danskoj-ukradeni-licni-podaci-8-8-miliona-1f5621a3

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