FBI Investigating St. Louis Cardinals for hacking Astros

[afterlife2009]

The F.B.I. and Justice Department prosecutors are investigating front-office officials for the St. Louis Cardinals, one of the most successful teams in baseball over the past two decades, for hacking into the internal networks of a rival team to steal closely guarded information about player personnel.

Investigators have uncovered evidence that Cardinals officials broke into a network of the Houston Astros that housed special databases the team had built, according to law enforcement officials. Internal discussions about trades, proprietary statistics and scouting reports were compromised, the officials said.

The officials did not say which employees were the focus of the investigation or whether the team’s highest-ranking officials were aware of the hacking or authorized it. The investigation is being led by the F.B.I.’s Houston field office and has progressed to the point that subpoenas have been served on the Cardinals and Major League Baseball for electronic correspondence.

 

[nomoreneveragain]

 

[NYC Rebel]

The game done changed, brehs

 

[G-Zeus]

this aint sport no more... its an all out war

 

[Ronald McDonald]

why the astros of all teams tho?

edit: didnt know they were good this year

 

[mastermind]

good!

 

[NYC Rebel]

My wife is in the best field there is being a CISO. I envy her. Job opportunities open up every time a data breach happens

 

[trick]

 

[prime]

Not surprising cardinals scum fans and scum organization

 

[Brozay]

Whats a potential punishment here if found to be true outside of a fine?

Forfeit draft picks?

 

[god shamgod]

New England Patriots of Mlb

 

[Brady-Carter]

Interesting..

 

[Silkk]

How fukking stupid can you be

 

[Vilhena]

Whats a potential punishment here if found to be true outside of a fine?

Forfeit draft picks?

Would seem so, they can afford to lose picks because they have a deep farm and have a great scouting system. Can pick players from deep rounds that can still contribute. Honestly don't know what the best punishment is.

 

[Vilhena]

Interesting..