{
  "id": 14188220,
  "title": "'123456' password linked to Denmark data breach affecting 8.8M people",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/13/123456-password-linked-to-denmark-data-breach-affecting-8-8m-people-14188220",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-10-13T11:14:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Register",
    "slug": "the-register",
    "url": "https://www.theregister.com/security/2026/10/13/123456-password-linked-to-denmark-data-breach-affecting-88m-people/5302726"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "An attacker gained unauthorized access to Denmark's Central Register of Persons (CPR) using the password 123456, according to a person claiming responsibility for the breach. Politiken, a Danish news outlet, reported that the breach, which occurred between September 10 and September 20, affected 8.8 million individuals, although the register contains approximately 11 million records. The attacker was allegedly part of a company named Pays ApS, which had authorized access to the CPR system for services like validating business customers' records. The company's website was taken offline, and they have not commented on the password claims. Denmark's government confirmed the breach on October 5, attributing it to a legal access granted to the company. The intrusion went undetected for 12 days, and the Danish data protection authority was notified on October 4.",
  "summary": "Local media reports three weakly protected accounts at small IT biz whose access to national register was abused",
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      {
        "outlet": "The Register Science",
        "title": "'123456' password linked to Denmark data breach affecting 8.8M people",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/13/123456-password-linked-to-denmark-data-breach-affecting-8-8m-people",
        "published": "2026-10-13T11:14:00.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}