Basic-Fit gym group data breach exposes details of over 1 million members here's what we know

Date:
Tue, 14 Apr 2026 12:45:00 +0000

Description:
Unknown attackers breach Basic-Fit systems and steal names, emails, and more.

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now subscribed Your newsletter sign-up was successful Join the club Get full access to premium articles, exclusive features and a growing list of member rewards. Explore An account already exists for this email address, please log in. Subscribe to our newsletter BasicFit confirms breach affecting around 1 million customers across six countries Stolen data includes names, contact details, DOB, and bank info No passwords or IDs exposed, but phishing risk expected Basic-Fit, one of the biggest gym chains in Europe, has confirmed losing sensitive data on approximately a million of its customers.

The company confirmed the news in a data breach notification email sent to affected individuals, as well as in a press release and statements given to the media. Today, Basic-Fit has notified the relevant data protection authority concerning unauthorized access to the system that records members visits to Basic-Fit clubs, the press release reads. The unauthorized access was detected by our system monitoring processes and was stopped within
minutes of discovery." Article continues below You may like Loblaw confirms data breach, says 'basic customer information' affected ManoMano data breach: massive DIY chain incident impacts 38 million customers - here's what we know Major telco breach sees 6.2 million users have personal info leaked - here's what we know so far Passwords are safe While the announcement did not say how many people were involved, a spokesperson told The Register the affected customers live in all six countries where Basic-Fit operates: The
Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, France, Spain, and Germany.

In total around 1 million members were involved," they told the publication. Of that number, around 200,000 are located in The Netherlands, apparently.

So far, no threat actors claimed responsibility for the attack. They stole peoples names, postal addresses, email addresses, phone numbers, dates of birth, and bank account details.

We dont know what they mean by bank account details. Usually, companies only store the last four digits of a persons credit card number on their server - full payment data is generally stored elsewhere. Are you a pro? Subscribe to our newsletter Sign up to the TechRadar Pro newsletter to get all the top news, opinion, features and guidance your business needs to succeed! Contact me with news and offers from other Future brands Receive email from us on behalf of our trusted partners or sponsors By submitting your information you agree to the Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy and are aged 16 or over.

Basic-Fit does not hold identification documents of members and no passwords were accessed, it concluded. So far, there is no evidence of the data being misused, but its safe to expect phishing emails being sent out in the coming weeks.

The company running Basic-Fit also owns Clever Fit, a German gym chain. Combined, the two have around 5.8 million registered members, according to
The Register, and operate more than 2,150 budget-friendly gyms in 12
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