Hackers mock world's most valuable pharma firm after it rejects ₹236-crore ransom demand
Ashley Paul, Published on Jun 19th, 2026

One of the world's most valuable pharmaceutical companies Novo Nordisk rejected a $25-million (₹236 crore) ransom demand by hackers who threatened to leak its data. After the rejection, hackers mocked Novo, claiming the system that processes reports of patients is encrypted with password 'novo123'. Noting how they hacked Novo's data, hackers said, "We'd never seen this sort of double leakage."
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