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A hacker who claims to be behind the historic leak tells Politiken that the 8,749,975 CPR records were protected by the password ‘123456’. Experts are appalled by the state of the cybersecurity.

Hacker shares 8.7 million ID-information with Politiken: The attack method shocks experts

»Det er en hændelse, der ikke burde kunne ske«. Sådan sagde statsminister Mette Frederiksen (S) om det historiske hack af cpr-registret, der i denne uge satte Danmark på den anden ende og kompromitterer personnumre og adresser på hovedparten af alle nulevende danskere.

Nu hævder en hacker, som Politiken er i forbindelse med, at have brugt en simpel metode til at få adgang til cpr-registret. Politiken har forelagt en beskrivelse af data og af metoden for flere eksperter. De finder det alle meget sandsynligt, at hackeren har medvirket til det historiske cpr-læk.

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