Novo Nordisk reveals cyberattack: Ozempic and Wegovy maker says clinical trials data breached

Date:
Mon, 15 Jun 2026 14:35:00 +0000

Description:
The company says the data is pseudonymous and apparently can't be linked to actual people.

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exposed pseudonymized clinical trial patient data (IDs, biomarkers, lifestyle factors) Company insists no direct PII was leaked, reducing immediate risk of phishing or identity misuse Systems shut down for containment; thirdparty experts investigating, core operations remain unaffected Novo Nordisk, one of the biggest pharmaceutical companies in the world, has confirmed it recently suffered a cyberattack in which it lost sensitive data belonging to clinical trials patients.

The company claims the data is pseudonymized and as such cannot be used in phishing scams or other follow-up attacks. It then said the incident affected a limited amount of information related to patients that participated in some of its clinical trials. Since personally identifiable information , such as names or addresses, was not exposed, Novo Nordisk said it doesnt think the participants could be identified in any way. Latest Videos From Watch full video here: Shutting the network down In a public announcement published on its website on June 11, Novo Nordisk said that it recently observed unauthorized access to a limited number of internal IT systems: The incident included unauthorized access to certain personal data stored on the internal IT systems, it said.

Instead, the crooks stole patient IDs (random alphanumeric strings) and information on trial participation, sex, year of birth, biomarkers, health
and immunogenicity data, and lifestyle factors (smoking, alcohol use, etc.). You may like Medtronic says ShinyHunters hackers stole around 9 million medical records in latest attack Healthcare tech firm CareCloud admits data breach, says hackers accessed patient info here's what we know NYC Health + Hospitals data breach sees personal data of around 1.8 million people stolen

Based on the nature of the exposed data as pseudonymized, knowledge of
patient identity would require access to further information, which was not part of the incident. We therefore do not consider the incident to bear any immediate risks for our patients, the company confirmed. It still urged its patients to remain vigilant and report any unusual things they may encounter in the coming weeks.

Novo Nordisk did not say who the threat actors were, or how many records were exposed in total, but it did stress that it brought in third-party cybersecurity experts to assess the damage. It also shut down certain IT systems to prevent further incursions, and was now working on bringing them back online, securely. Are you a pro? Subscribe to our newsletter Sign up to the TechRadar Pro newsletter to get all the top news, opinion, features and guidance your business needs to succeed! Contact me with news and offers from other Future brands Receive email from us on behalf of our trusted partners
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The companys core business operations were not impacted by this incident, it was confirmed, and all are currently up and running.

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