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University of Copenhagen data breach exposes sensitive information of users

| 2026-10-26 22:20 HIGH LOW DATA BREACH
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Executive Summary
AI-generated
On October 25, 2026, hackers accessed one of the University of Copenhagen's test environments containing personal data belonging to approximately 525,000 people. The university is Denmark's oldest institution and a leading research center with around 36,800 students and 10,700 employees. Founded in 1479, it has confirmed that hackers gained access to its systems, exposing full names, National identity numbers (CPR), phone numbers, and email addresses, increasing the risk of phishing and social engineering attacks. The university contained the attack, blocked the attacker's access, and restricted physical access to certain critical locations on campus out of caution before gradually reopening them with new access codes.
Technical Mitigations AI-generated
• Block access to test environments with weak authentication mechanisms, such as the one exploited in this breach. • Implement robust PIN code management and distribution procedures to prevent exposure of sensitive information. • Use the Blue Report 2026's defense technique measures to identify vulnerabilities and improve overall prevention scores.
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Actors / Malware / CVEs / Campaigns
Target & Sectors
EUROPE EUROPE NORDICS NORDICS educationeducation
Incident Timeline
‎2026/10/25
Threat actors exposed PIN codes of 20,000 additional staff and students at the University of Copenhagen.
organisation PIN
In an update yesterday, the university added another 20,000 staff and students whose PIN codes were exposed.
general_metric 20,000 staff
In an update yesterday, the university added another 20,000 staff and students whose PIN codes were exposed.
‎2026/10/26
Hackers accessed one of the University of Copenhagen's test environments containing personal data belonging to 525,000 people.
organisation The University of Copenhagen
The University of Copenhagen in Denmark confirmed that hackers accessed one of its test environments containing personal data belonging to 525,000 people.
Founded in 1479, the University of Copenhagen is Denmark’s oldest university and one of its leading research institutions.
organisation University of Copenhagen
University of Copenhagen data breach exposes data of 525,000 people.
organisation the Danish Data Protection Agency
The university reported the incident to the Danish Data Protection Agency, but also said it falls within the scope of Europe’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and that it is taking the appropriate steps with the relevant regulators.
organisation General Data Protection Regulation
The university reported the incident to the Danish Data Protection Agency, but also said it falls within the scope of Europe’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and that it is taking the appropriate steps with the relevant regulators.
organisation The Blue Report 2026
The Blue Report 2026 measures defenses technique by technique across 338 million simulations run in customer production environments.
victims 10,700 employees
It has approximately 36,800 students and 10,700 employees, with six faculties and more than 200 research centers.
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victims
10,700
Employees
It has approximately 36,800 students and 10,700 employees, with six faculties and more than 200 research centers.
Intelligence Sources
BleepingComputer 2026-10-26