AccidentalHealthcareHealthcareMisdeliveryCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumResolved

Novo Nordisk

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Nov 13, 2014

Filed

Dec 18, 2014

To disclose

5 weeks

Affected

2state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Novo Nordisk →2 incidents on file

Novo Nordisk Inc. reported a data breach affecting 2 New Hampshire employees. Payroll vendor ADP inadvertently exposed email addresses and SSNs to an HR professional at another ADP client on Oct 15, 2014. Novo Nordisk detected the incident on Nov 13, 2014, and notified affected individuals on Dec 1, 2014. No law enforcement investigation was requested.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 29 days

discovery → filing · 5 weeks / 35 days

Oct 15, 2014

Begins

Nov 13, 2014

Discovered

Dec 18, 2014

Filed

vs. sector median

6 wks faster

This filing is one of 2 about the same incident.View merged incident

Part of Automatic Data Processing, Inc. supply-chain incident (2014) — a supply-chain cascade affecting multiple organizations.View cascade →

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

New Hampshire State AGbd_32eaf53bd3bfdd052014-11-25 · +23dCandidate

Name: Novo Nordisk
norm: novo nordisk

Name: Novo Nordisk
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Industry: Healthcarellm

Discovered: Nov 13, 2014
Breach occurred: Oct 15, 2014
Undetected for: 29 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Dec 1, 2014
Affected individuals: 2state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Third-Party / Supply Chain
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1119 Automated Collection
Threat actor: Partner
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Attorney General pursuant to N.H. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 359-C:19
Initial access: trusted_relationship

During the incident: Working with ADP to ensure that Novo Nordisk employee data is properly secured
Notified affected individuals with a formal letter
Changes made: ADP has taken steps to ensure that your personal information cannot be accessed by any other unauthorized person
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 5 weeks(35 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 2 filings

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New Hampshire State AGNov 25 · first

New Hampshire State AG+23d · this page

Pattern: first filing Nov 25 (NH), last Dec 18 (NH) — a 23-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

Evidence ladder

Leak-site claim

Attacker assertion only. Establishes: claim date, group, alleged victim.

Press / market report

Unlocks: incident narrative, operational impact. Still no compliance clock.

State AG / regulator filingThis record

Unlocks: discovery date, data types, affected count, compliance clock.

SEC 8-K / victim statement

Unlocks: materiality, stated response, full audit trail. Ceiling removed.

Source URL: https://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/novo-nordisk-20141218pdf.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Dec 18, 2014
Raw hash: 212c9227154ce8bd92b2a882553748617267b3cdc22f279febade16943e483d7

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityNovo Nordisk

Victim entityNovo Nordisk

Incidentdiscovered Nov 13, 2014

Stated responseWorking with ADP to ensure that Novo Nordisk employee data is properly secured

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov