UK-based healthcare billing software maker Craneware announced a cyberattack resulted in the theft of a "significant volume" of customer, employee, and partner data. The breach affects a company whose software is widely used in the U.S. healthcare sector, and its investigation is ongoing.
A second UK parliamentary committee has called for the NHS to terminate its £330m contract with Palantir, citing public mistrust and inadequate privacy protections for sensitive health data. MPs want an alternative to Palantir's federated data platform, echoing concerns from the science and technology committee and NHS staff.
OpenAI is reportedly under investigation by a coalition of state attorneys general, with New York's AG serving a subpoena seeking documents on data handling, user engagement, and treatment of minors and seniors. The company is cooperating with the probe.
The UK government claims a new NHS modernisation bill could save £20m annually and reduce A&E visits by 20,000 by enabling secure sharing of patient health data across providers, creating single patient records.
Anthropic and the Gates Foundation have committed $200 million over four years to support AI-driven public goods in global health, life sciences, education, and economic mobility, with initiatives including vaccine development, healthcare intelligence, educational tools, and agricultural productivity improvements.
Additional confidential health records of UK Biobank volunteers have appeared on Alibaba since last week's reported breach. The UK government is working with Chinese authorities to remove the listings while acknowledging the growing risk of re-identification from de-identified datasets.
Sensitive health data from nearly 500,000 UK Biobank participants was briefly listed for sale on a Chinese online marketplace linked to Alibaba. UK authorities acted quickly to have the listings removed, with Technology Secretary Ian Murray confirming coordination with Chinese authorities. The incident has sparked concerns about the security of one of the world's largest health research databases, which contains genetic data, diagnoses, brain scans and blood samples. Experts warn that anonymised data can sometimes be re-identified when combined with other information.
Health information of 500,000 UK Biobank members was found listed for sale on Alibaba in China, Technology Minister Ian Murray has confirmed. The charity running the database informed the government on Monday. The data was de-identified and did not include names, addresses, contact details or NHS numbers. Listings have been taken down and no purchases were made. The ICO is making enquiries.
