Data breach at Denmark’s population register exposes 8.8 million people

Reported by Help Net Security (Sinisa Markovic)

Summary by Cyber Security News6 Oct 2026, 11:05 CEST

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A data breach at Denmark’s Central Population Register (CPR) has exposed the personal information of 8.8 million people. These include people living in Denmark, deceased people and citizens who have moved abroad. The CPR is Denmark’s national register of residents, and the 10-digit CPR number it assigns to each person is used for everything from taxes and healthcare to banking.

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