Five million Danish ID numbers sent to Chinese firm by mistake
This is ridiculous. It's not just Danish personal identification numbers, but <i>ID numbers and health records</i> for everyone who have lived in Denmark from 2010 through 2012.<p>Quick recap since it's in Danish: A danish health authority, SSI, accidentally <i>mailed two CDs</i> containing <i>unencrypted CPR-numbers and health records for 5.28m residents</i> to the Chinese Visa Application Office.<p>The Chinese delivered the letter to the intended recipient, Statistics Denmark, another danish government authority.<p>The bubble cushioned mailer containing the CDs had been opened, but regardless the issue of course is the extremely reckless handling of very sensitive information.<p>Edit: Article reporting on this in English <a href="http://www.thelocal.dk/20160720/five-million-danish-id-numbers-sent-to-chinese-firm-by-mistake" rel="nofollow">http://www.thelocal.dk/20160720/five-million-danish-id-numbe...</a><p>Edit 2: The specification and structure of the data that was sent with these CDs. <a href="https://twitter.com/christianpanton/status/755742230044966912" rel="nofollow">https://twitter.com/christianpanton/status/75574223004496691...</a> (also in Danish, but this seems to include almost everything; the carelessness in handling this data appears to have been surpassed only by the extent and completeness of it)