Online activists have leaked about 1.4bn email passwords online, including some belonging to prominent Norwegians.

Aftenposten reported that Norwegian prime minister Erna Solberg was on the list, as was DNB Group's chief executive Rune Bjerke, together with a number of other Norwegian political and business leaders.

A spokesman for the activist group told the newspaper that the leak was aimed at making people "aware that their information may be hacked".