At least three accounts at the company linked to a major breach of Denmark’s CPR register reportedly used the password “123456”, including an administrator account.
At least three user accounts at the Funen-based IT company Pays used the password “123456” when hackers gained access to Denmark’s CPR register, Politiken reports.
One of them was the company’s administrator account.
The breach exposed information linked to around 8.8 million CPR numbers. The CPR system is Denmark’s central civil registration database and contains personal information on people living or previously registered in Denmark.
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Source: The Copenhagen Post
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