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'123456' password linked to Denmark breach hitting 8.8 million
Original: '123456' password linked to Denmark data breach affecting 8.8M people
A large data breach in Denmark has exposed the personal information of roughly 8.8 million people, and reporting links the incident to the notoriously weak password '123456'. The scale of the exposure covers a substantial share of Denmark's population, raising fresh concerns about poor credential hygiene and the security practices of organisations handling citizen data.
Why now: The enormous scale of the breach, affecting most of Denmark's population, and its link to a trivially weak password have made it a talking point in cybersecurity circles.
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