In an email obtained by Sports Illustrated, Catapult, the software company that the overwhelming majority of college football teams use to both host and exchange game and practice film, sent a message to its users Sunday morning as rumors swirled about security issues regarding the app. Both the Alabama Crimson Tide and Michigan Wolverines spoke about taking precautions to safeguard their film during Rose Bowl prep.
“Over the past few days, there were false reports that Catapult is under investigation by the NCAA and law enforcement regarding our ThunderCloud video system,” the email said. “While we assisted a local law enforcement authority investigating an alleged unauthorized access into a customer's ThunderCloud system, this was not an investigation of Catapult. In conjunction with this investigation, Catapult proactively conducted a thorough security review of our ThunderCloud system and found no data breaches or unauthorized access to any customer's content. We are not under investigation by the NCAA or any law enforcement agency.”
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