Unknown persons gain access to names, addresses and social security numbers in the Danish population register.
In a hacker attack on the Danish population register, unknown persons gained access to the data of 8.8 million people, including names, addresses and social security numbers.
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The Danish population register contains data on around eleven million people, including living and deceased people.
In a hacker attack on the Danish population register, unknown persons gained access to the data of 8.8 million people. This was announced by the Digital Ministry.
Accordingly, the names, addresses and social security numbers of living and deceased people are affected, among other things. In total, the register contains data from around eleven million people.

In an attack on the Danish Central Register of Persons, unknown persons gained access to data on 8.8 million people. The legitimate access of a private company was used.
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