Danish firm Pays used password '123456' in massive data breach
A hacker breached the small Danish company Pays using the password '123456', stealing over 8.7 million Danish social security numbers (CPR numbers) and other personal data, including records of 5.5 million living and 3.3 million deceased Danes. The hacker shared the historic data leak with newspaper Politiken, whose experts called the company's security shocking.
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A hacker broke into a small Danish company called Pays simply by guessing the password '123456'. This let them steal personal ID numbers and addresses for over 8.7 million Danes, both living and dead. Security experts are horrified such a weak password protected so much sensitive data.