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More private health records of UK Biobank volunteers appear on Chinese website

globalApril 29, 2026
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More private health records of UK Biobank volunteers appear on Chinese website
Patrick Vallance says government working with Chinese officials to remove postings from Alibaba after Biobank data breach last weekThere have been further listings of confidential health rec
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Patrick Vallance says government working with Chinese officials to remove postings from Alibaba after Biobank data breach last week

There have been further listings of confidential health records of UK volunteers on the Chinese website Alibaba since the breach reported last week, and the government is braced for further leaks, the science minister has said.

Addressing a House of Lords debate on the attempted sale of data belonging to 500,000 UK Biobank volunteers, Patrick Vallance said the government had worked with Chinese officials to remove additional postings on the online marketplace.

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Source: Guardian - World News

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