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We have the CPR (Central Person Registry)-number in Denmark which is handed over to various authorities and can also be misused for fraud, to which degree I'm u
by manjana 7y ago
We have the CPR (Central Person Registry)-number in Denmark which is handed over to various authorities and can also be misused for fraud, to which degree I'm unsure of- but I have heard of some nasty debt issues people struggled to get out of. What's worse is that the generating algorithm is based off of your date of birth and if you have date of birth for the victim you can run the algorithm rather easily and come up with 10-20 potential CPR-numbers (I can't remember the exact num., but it's approximately in that range) whereas one is the valid for the person you wish to defraud.
EDIT: Unsure about possible CPR candidates when reversing CPR numbers.. There have been some updates to the way it's working post 2007.
- draggnar 7y agoWouldn’t you typically have to also use Nem-ID to log in to some new service? Nem-ID is a central login system, where you get mailed a physical printout of keys that act as two-factor authentication across financial and other services (at least that’s how it was, I think some new system is underway). I.e the cpr number on its own is not valuable without the login info for services that use nem-Id. The system seemed to work pretty well and I’m surprised to not see it more widespread.
- manjana 7y agoYou can still create phone subscriptions and order medicine and from what I can read quickly on the internet people have in recent years been frauded with smart-loans, leases and some similar stuff.