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UK Biobank health and genetic data listed for sale
Data on about 500,000 participants was exposed. Access was suspended pending investigation.
- Organisation
- UK Biobank
- Disclosed
- 24 April 2026
- Affected
- 500,000
- Data
- Health and genetic data
- Attacker
- Unknown
- Severity
- critical
- Region
- UK
- Source
- CM Alliance monthly roundup ↗
Cite this
Nuffield Consulting, “UK Biobank health and genetic data listed for sale”, The Daily Tech Wire outage & breach log, 24 Apr 2026. https://techwire.nuffieldconsulting.com/incidents/2026-04-24-uk-biobank-breach/ (retrieved 15 Nov 2026).
This entry summarises public reporting. Please also cite the original source: CM Alliance monthly roundup, https://cm-alliance.com/cybersecurity-blog/major-cyber-attacks-data-breaches-ransomware-attacks-in-april-2026.
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