Security breach in the Danish Population Registry System: Information of 8.8 million people was compromised

In the written statement made by the Danish Ministry of Research, Education and Digitalization, it was stated that a serious security breach was detected in the Central Population Registration System (CPR).

In the statement, it was emphasized that unauthorized persons abused a Danish company's legal access to CPR, and it was stated that the names, addresses and CPR numbers of approximately 8.8 million people registered in the system were seized.

It was noted that CPR management stopped the access of the company in question and an investigation was launched into what happened.