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Inspector General Flags Security Gap in NIH Genomics Project

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NIH Working on Fixes to Address National Security Risks and Weak Access Controls Marianne Kolbasuk McGee (HealthInfoSec) • November 17, 2025

A federal watchdog agency flagged security weaknesses that could allow bad actors to access genomics data collected for the National Institutes of Health's All of Us research project. The NIH said it's addressing the issues. (Image: NIH)

The National Institutes of Health launched its "All of Us" initiative a decade ago to transform disease prevention and medical treatment so that it is more personalized for patients based on their genes, environment, lifestyle and other considerations.

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The program involves collecting sensitive health and genomics data from Americans for research, but a government watchdog group found that weak security controls could expose 1 million people to risk of access or data theft by bad actors, including foreign ...


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