# Hacker claims ‘123456’ password let them breach the Danish national registry, accessing 8.8 million records — retained record

> Retained news record from news:toms-hardware.

Canonical: https://highsignal.app/data/records/de995a3deac7b46d

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source: [news](https://highsignal.app/data/news) (news:toms-hardware)  published 2026-10-13 13:30 ingested 2026-10-14 03:02

[original source ↗](https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/cyber-security/hacker-claims-123456-password-let-them-breach-the-danish-national-registry-accessing-8-8-million-records-it-and-data-services-company-with-weak-passwords-linked-source-of-the-hack)

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