Security Breach at PrepHero Exposes Millions of Unencrypted Records
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A security breach at PrepHero, a university recruitment platform, has exposed millions of unencrypted records, including sensitive personal details. The exposed database contained information on approximately 3 million students and coaches. The data included names, email addresses, phone numbers, postal addresses, and sports performance information. The leak was discovered by cybersecurity researcher Jeremiah Fowler. The cause of the exposure was a misconfiguration of the database.