500,000 UK Biobank Members' Data Offered for Sale on Alibaba

UK government confirms data breach of health database listed on Chinese e-commerce platform

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The details of 500,000 members of UK Biobank were offered for sale online in China via Alibaba, Technology minister Ian Murray has confirmed.
The charity running the database informed the government about the breach on Monday.
The data did not include names, addresses, contact details or telephone numbers, and was de-identified.

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The details of 500,000 members of UK Biobank were offered for sale online in China via Alibaba, Technology minister Ian Murray has confirmed. The charity running the database informed the government about the breach on Monday. The data did not include names, addresses, contact details or telephone numbers, and was de-identified. No purchases were made and the listings have been taken down. UK Biobank is investigating the incident.

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