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Denmark Data Breach Exposes 8.8 Million People’s Personal Data

Bloomberg Technology Monday 05 October 2026, 06:53 UTC By Sara Sjolin 1 min read
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Denmark suffered a major data breach that gave unauthorized individuals access to names, addresses and personal identification numbers belonging to about 8.8 million people registered in the country’s central population database.

Denmark suffered a major data breach that gave unauthorized individuals access to names, addresses and personal identification numbers belonging to about 8.8 million people registered in the country’s central population database.
Denmark (LOCATION) People’s Personal Data Denmark (ORG)
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