The Plot Thickens…Catapult Issues a Statement
According to Blake Schuster of For the Win, Catapult released the following statement today after Isaiah Bond’s remarks yesterday regarding Alabama’s decision to restrict video review using the system on athlete’s personal devices:
“We are aware of the ongoing investigation of the alleged unauthorized access to NCAA football video footage. We have conducted an internal investigation and have not found any security breach in our systems. We have shared this with local authorities that are conducting an investigation. We will continue to support the ongoing investigation with the NCAA and local authorities. At Catapult, we hold ourselves to the highest of standards and safeguarding customer information is of utmost importance to us.”
At this point, Catapult denies a “security breach.” Time will tell. Apparently both the NCAA and local authorities are doing a deeper dive into whether any illegal activity has taken place around the athletic perfomance and game anaylsis tool. It is noteworthy that this statement by Catapult makes no mention of FBI involvement in the investigation which has been announced back in October around Michigan’s dismissal of Matt Weiss for involvement in alleged “computer access crimes.” It remains unclear as to whether the these circumstances are related.
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Dan Wetzel just posted on X that Michigan is not the focus of the investigation into the Catapult breach, and both Alabama and Michigan have discontinued using the system at this point.
We will continue to follow this story…
