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Security Stop-Press: UK Biobank Medical Data Listed For Sale Online In China

Published 29 April 2026

Medical data from 500,000 UK Biobank participants was briefly listed for sale online in China after being accessed by authorised researchers who breached data-sharing rules. The UK government confirmed the datasets appeared on Alibaba, uploaded by three institutions with legitimate access. This was not a hack but a misuse of […]

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