Denmark population registry data breach affects 8.8 million people

By Bill Toulas · BleepingComputer · Monday, 5 October 2026 at 15:21 (1h ago) · Original article ↗

Denmark's Central Population Register (CPR) is warning of a data breach that exposed the personal information of approximately 8.8 million registered individuals. [...]

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