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Biobank Data Breach Exposes 500k Volunteers on Alibaba

A major data breach at UK-based Biobank has exposed the medical records of around 500,000 volunteers on the Chinese e-commerce site Alibaba, putting sensitive information at risk of being misused. The compromised dataset, described as one of the world's most comprehensive biomedical datasets, was listed for sale, sparking urgent concerns about data security.