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Basic-Fit data breach exposes bank details of around one million members

The low-cost gym chain confirmed to AFP on Monday that hackers had gained unauthorised access to its systems, compromising the personal and financial data of approximately one million members across six countries.

Fitness chain Basic-Fit has confirmed a data breach affecting members in France, Belgium, Germany, Spain, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands, where the company is headquartered.
The company reported unauthorised access to the system that records members’ visits to Basic-Fit clubs. The intrusion allowed hackers to download a range of personal information, including membership details, names and addresses, email addresses, phone numbers, dates of birth and bank details.

Basic-Fit confirmed that all affected members have been notified and sought to offer some reassurance, stating that no passwords were compromised and that the company does not store members’ identity documents.

Also today

• An attempted robbery escalated into a violent assault in a store on the Place Guillaume in Luxembourg City yesterday evening shortly before 7pm
• Green MP Djuna Bernard has called for an immediate “investment offensive” in Luxembourg’s renewable energy sector to bolster national energy security
• Hungary’s long-serving prime minister Viktor Orban conceded defeat in yesterday’s election, as challenger Peter Magyar secured a commanding parliamentary majority
• A French court has today fined the cement group Lafarge over $1.3 million and sentenced its former boss to six years in prison
• On Sunday afternoon, an e-scooter rider fell from their vehicle after overtaking several cars on a residential street in Schifflange, with checks revealing the vehicle was travelling far beyond the legal speed limit.
• US President Donald Trump warned Monday that any Iranian attack boats that approach the naval blockade he has ordered around the country’s ports will be destroyed

On air

April is a busy month for gigs and today there is a chance to win tickets to see Jools Holland at Opderschmelz on 26th April.

Figure of the day

Charity raffle in France offers chance to win €1m Picasso for €100

• On 14 April, the French Alzheimer Research Foundation will host a raffle in which a €1 million Picasso painting will be awarded to one participant who purchased a €100 ticket.
• The prize is Tête de Femme, which comes from collections of Opera Gallery and which is a 1941 Picasso portrait painted in Paris depicting a stylised, distorted female figure in muted greys and blacks, valued at around €1 million.

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