Athlete Recruiting Software Company Discloses Data Breach 7 Months after Student-Athlete Data is Exposed

From hotforsecurity.bitdefender.com

In January 2020, a security researcher discovered an exposed server belonging to Front Rush, an athlete-recruiting software company offering solutions to more than 9,500 college teams at over 850 institutions across the United States.

The initial report was kept low key, and it appears that the unsecured server contained over 700,000 files including medical records, performance reports, driver’s licenses and other personal identifiable information of college athletes.

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