Chinese Website Sells UK Medical Data
Confidential medical information donated by approximately 500,000 British volunteers has been discovered for sale on a Chinese website. The breach involves sensitive data from a large pool of participants, raising significant privacy concerns regarding medical research security. This incident highlights ongoing vulnerabilities in the protection of large-scale biological and health datasets. The information was removed from the network within a few hours of being posted. The source reported the data breach occurred involving a UK-based database.
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ABC NewsRadio AU
“Confidential medical data donated by half a million British volunteers has been put up for sale on a Chinese website.”
ADN Radio Chile
“Una página web china pone a la venta información médica de 500 mil voluntarios de una base de datos del Reino Unido. La información fue retirada de la red a las pocas horas.”
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