Palantir Granted 'Unlimited Access' to NHS Patient Data — Security Experts Warn of Unprecedented Breach Risk

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Per the Financial Times, NHS England is granting Palantir staff and contractors unlimited access to identifiable patient data within the National Data Integration Tenant (NDIT) for its £330M Federated Data Platform. This shifts from the current model requiring per-dataset access applications. While NHS says external staff need government security clearance and director-level approval, cybersecurity experts warned: 'We are one admin compromise or insider threat away from a data breach of unseen proportions.' The NHS internal memo recommends capping external admin numbers with time-limited, regularly reviewed access.