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Medical data of 500,000 Britons stolen in hack put up for sale on China's Amazon (after the Mail warned of the risk)

  • Rebecca Camber--Dailymail.com
  • published date: 2026-04-23 22:04:33 UTC

There were calls for an inquiry after it emerged that confidential NHS medical details had been offered for sale within months of Chinese researchers being granted access to the information.

Stolen medical data from 500,000 NHS patients has gone up for sale on a Chinese website just a year after the Mail revealed it could be abused by Beijing for bioweapons. There were calls for an inqu… [+3580 chars]