alt.hn

4/23/2026 at 12:02:30 PM

UK Biobank health data listed for sale in China, government confirms

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cpvxgl3n138o

by mellosouls

4/23/2026 at 1:22:08 PM

Biobank might have only told the government about this on Monday, but here's an article from 1 month ago about the records being leaked (to github!) during 2025: https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/mar/14/confidential...

by rwmj

4/23/2026 at 5:31:46 PM

What a joke and not a good one. I remember getting the letter through post to participate and telling my wife I don't trust these guys with that level of personal information. Sad that it came true.

by monkeydust

4/23/2026 at 2:25:49 PM

They should be permanently shut down if that’s the case.

by basisword

4/23/2026 at 5:14:44 PM

Not sure how that follows. It seems mostly irrelevant whether the new incident is related to the github issue.

by dahinds