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What a surprise! UK Biobank personal data compromised: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/apr/23/private-health-records-uk-biobank-chinese-website-alibaba In my experience UK Health researchers are somewhat naive about the risks of cybercrime and the actual degree of anonymity afforded by psedoanomisation. The late Ross Anderson and his group had many striking examples, for instance https://www.lightbluetouchpaper.org/2014/04/04/latest-health-privacy-scandal/.