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WASHINGTON 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 teams 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.
The attack represents the first known case of corporate espionage in which a professional sports team has hacked the network of another team. Illegal intrusions into companies networks have become commonplace, but it is generally conducted by hackers operating in foreign countries, like Russia and China, who steal large tranches of data or trade secrets for military equipment and electronics.
Major League Baseball has been aware of and has fully cooperated with the federal investigation into the illegal breach of the Astros baseball operations database, a spokesman for baseballs commissioner, Rob Manfred, said in a written statement.
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/17/sports/baseball/st-louis-cardinals-hack-astros-fbi.html?_r=0
ProudToBeBlueInRhody
(16,399 posts)Okay, I know they are suddenly good again, but really?
I think AOL was still a thing when the Astros were last any good.
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)and didn't change his password.
madinmaryland
(64,933 posts)In first place in the NL Central.
ProudToBeBlueInRhody
(16,399 posts)pintobean
(18,101 posts)ProudToBeBlueInRhody
(16,399 posts)pintobean
(18,101 posts)when Brady and the boys got caught again, with deflategate.
madinmaryland
(64,933 posts)ProudToBeBlueInRhody
(16,399 posts)Poor Belicheat and Tommy Uggs.
joeybee12
(56,177 posts)I guess something this serious can be ignored.
hughee99
(16,113 posts)Last edited Tue Jun 16, 2015, 04:17 PM - Edit history (1)
likability of the accused, apparently.
joeybee12
(56,177 posts)Said most likely the balls were not under-inflated...this is the same group that got the Saints' penalties over-turned because it case doubt on the initial findings...hmmmm
hughee99
(16,113 posts)mythology
(9,527 posts)The guy who claims to have scientific proof that black and hispanic people are less intelligent than white people.
Further AEI is also heavily invested in the George Bush legacy as they employ a substantial number of people who used to be in the Bush administration.
Additionally they were found to be offering bribes to scientists willing to come out as anti-climate change.
That's certainly quite the group to hang your hat on in terms of their intellectual honesty and integrity.
ProudToBeBlueInRhody
(16,399 posts)All over his precious Patsies.
By the way, AEI....right-wing think tank. Just sayin'. I knew Cheney and Belichick would eventually team up.
LittleBlue
(10,362 posts)As a Giants fan, I have a ton of respect for the Cards. Brilliant people running that club. If this is true, it's a major black eye for the organization
joeybee12
(56,177 posts)I even pulled for them in 2006...seems like most of their players are decent...too bad.
LittleBlue
(10,362 posts)I was pulling for them this year
Gothmog
(145,554 posts)Blue_Tires
(55,445 posts)as always