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If police grant safe passage, the alleged hacker behind the CPR leak says he or she is willing to help the public sector strengthen its IT security.

Alleged CPR hacker offers to help Denmark – on one condition

Animation: Tomas Østergren. Foto: Magnific

A simple piece of software and the password ’123456’ were apparently all it took to steal 8.7 million CPR records. Now the alleged hacker is offering to help Denmark strengthen its IT security, provided Danish police guarantee not to prosecute him or her.

The hacker has written that in an encrypted message to Politiken.

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