Denmark's 8.8 million records leaked due to '123456' password, hacker says 'it wasn't difficult to break in'

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A hacker claiming responsibility for breaching Denmark's Central Person Register (CPR) revealed to newspaper Politiken that they accessed approximately 8.8 million personal records using a private company's password '123456'. The attacker stated that gaining entry to the system was not difficult, exploiting the weak password of a private firm with legitimate access rights.