Basic-Fit data breach exposes details of a million gym members


A man holds a laptop computer as cyber code is projected on him in this illustration picture taken on May 13, 2017. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel/Illustration

April 13 (Reuters) - ⁠Gym operator Basic-Fit has suffered a ⁠data breach involving around 1 ‌million members with 200,000 in the Netherlands alone, a company spokesperson said on Monday.

Basic-Fit owns ​gyms serving over 4.5 million ⁠customers across six ⁠European countries including France, Germany, and ⁠Spain. It ‌also runs a franchise model in six other countries, ⁠which uses a separate system and ​was ‌not affected by the leak.

• Breach ⁠involves members' ​bank account details, names, birth dates and contact information

• Basic-Fit says the ⁠unauthorised access was detected by ​itssystem monitoring tools and was stopped within minutes

• Members whose data is involved ⁠have been informed, Basic-Fit says

• The company noted it does not hold members' identification documents and no passwords ​were accessed, adding ⁠that the main risk for affected members ​would be potential ‌phishing attempts

(Reporting by Jakob ​Van Calster in Gdansk; Editing by Milla Nissi-Prussak and Joe Bavier)

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