A wave of class-action lawsuits has been filed against Mercor, a Silicon Valley-based artificial intelligence training startup valued at $10 billion, following a data breach that exposed sensitive information belonging to thousands of contractors.
Health data from approximately 500,000 participants in the United Kingdom’s UK Biobank research program was discovered listed for sale on a Chinese website, prompting a government response and an ongoing investigation into the breach.
Korean matchmaking company Duo has been fined over £600,000 by the country’s data protection watchdog for failing to secure the data of over 427,000 customers.
UK Biobank said medical data of as many as 500,000 volunteers shared with three academic institutions was listed for sale on Chinese e-commerce platform Alibaba.