Danish national ID password was 123456, this week an intermediate CA's key was 4
kingslyj · x · 2026-10-21
Cryptographer alinush chronicles a string of absurd security failures: last week the Danish national ID system's password was reportedly 123456, and this week an intermediate CA's private key turned out to be the number 4. "Next week? I am not ready for next week."
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