Security · Updated 10 Oct, 03:21 pm IST
‘123456’ password used in breach of Denmark’s CPR registry access
Why it matters for readers: This shows how a simple password can enable large data breaches and why password hygiene matters.
- At least three Pays accounts, including an administrator account, used the password "123456" when hackers gained access.1
- The breach exposed information linked to roughly 8.8 million CPR numbers from Denmark’s central civil registration database.1
- Pays ApS of Odense confirmed to TV 2 that its legal access to search the CPR system was abused.1
- A professor called the company’s password security "hopeless," saying simple passwords like "123456" are among the first guessed.1
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