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title: 'Denmark national population register (CPR) data taken through IT firm Pays ApS'
url: 'https://securteksecurity.com/news/denmark-cpr-register-data-taken-through-pays-aps'
markdown: 'https://securteksecurity.com/news/denmark-cpr-register-data-taken-through-pays-aps.md'
date: '2026-10-05'
description: "Denmark's digitalization ministry confirmed on October 5 that unauthorized actors abused a private firm's lawful lookup access to the Central Person Register and obtained names, addresses and CPR numbers for about 8.8 million registered people (living, deceased and emigrated). Pays ApS, a two-emplo…"
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    - denmark
    - government
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# [Denmark national population register (CPR) data taken through IT firm Pays ApS](https://securteksecurity.com/news/denmark-cpr-register-data-taken-through-pays-aps)

   5th Oct 2026   [denmark](https://securteksecurity.com/tag:denmark#body-wrapper) [government](https://securteksecurity.com/tag:government#body-wrapper)  

Denmark's digitalization ministry confirmed on October 5 that unauthorized actors abused a private firm's lawful lookup access to the Central Person Register and obtained names, addresses and CPR numbers for about 8.8 million registered people (living, deceased and emigrated). Pays ApS, a two-employee Odense firm with authorized CPR access, confirmed on October 9 that its access was the one abused. Access was cut off and the case was reported to the Danish Data Protection Agency and police.

Sources: [Cybernews](https://cybernews.com/security/denmark-cpr-data-breach-weak-password/); eSecurity Planet; CSO Online

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