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#weak-passwords
- News · Oct 20, 2026ICO reprimands Ogi and Data Cymru after a 12-year-old test account with Password1 let ransomware in
The UK ICO reprimanded Ogi Networks and Data Cymru on October 20 over a November 2024 ransomware attack that entered through a test account named Test2, created in 2012 with the password Password1, and exposed data on 3,300 people, mostly children.
- News · Oct 13, 2026Password "123456" linked to the breach of Denmark's national CPR register covering 8.8 million people
Someone abused a private company's lawful search access to Denmark's CPR register and pulled names, addresses and CPR numbers for about 8.8 million people. A person claiming responsibility says the account password was 123456.