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UK Biobank data offered for sale on Alibaba

The UK government says medical data for half a million people from the Biobank database has been offered for sale on China's Alibaba.

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The UK government has reported that medical data of half a million people from the UK's health information database, Biobank, has been offered for sale on the Chinese e-commerce platform Alibaba. The data breach involves one of the world's largest and most detailed biomedical databases, raising significant privacy and national security concerns. Authorities are investigating the source of the leak and the validity of the sale offer.
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5d ago@disclosetv

Sky News is reporting the story, confirming the initial government statement.

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