BasicFit Breach Exposes Data of 1 Million Members

BasicFit, Europe's largest budget gym chain, disclosed on Monday that hackers had breached one of its internal systems, compromising personal data belonging to approximately 1 million members across six countries.

The unauthorized access targeted a central system used to register member visits at the chain's clubs, according to the company's statement. BasicFit operates more than 2,150 locations in 12 countries and serves around 5.8 million members under its own brand and franchises. The intrusion affected members in the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, France, Spain and Germany, with about 200,000 individuals in the Netherlands impacted. The company detected the breach through its monitoring processes and halted it within minutes, though investigators later confirmed that some data had been downloaded.

The exposed information includes names, home addresses, email addresses, phone numbers, dates of birth, bank account details and membership records such as subscription types and recent gym visits. BasicFit emphasized that passwords and identification documents were not accessed, and franchise data remained secure on a separate system. An ongoing investigation, assisted by...