UK Health Data Listed for Sale on China’s Alibaba After Breach

Health records from 500,000 people who are participating in British research into aging and diseases were made available for sale on an Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. website.

Database owner UK Biobank notified the UK government on Monday that the data had been advertised in three online listings on Alibaba’s site, technology minister Ian Murray told lawmakers in the House of Commons in a statement on Thursday.