The St. Louis Cardinals are reportedly being investigated by the FBI and Justice Department for allegedly hacking into the Houston Astros’ computer database.
The New York Times reported that investigators have evidence which reveals that front-office personnel for the Cardinals allegedly hacked into the Astros’ networks in an effort to steal the team’s in-house information. Some of that information includes anything from player information to proprietary statistics to scouting reports.
A spokesman for MLB commissioner Rob Manfred responded to the report by saying that the league “has been aware of and has fully cooperated with the federal investigation into the illegal breach of the Astros’ baseball operations database.”
This is not the first time news broke about the Astros being hacked. Deadspin previously reported that the ball club’s internal communication and evaluation system called “Ground Control” was compromised and discussions about player trades were made public.
Authorities believe that access to team’s passwords could have been gained by a list linked to Astros general manager Jeff Luhnow, who was with the Cardinals from 2003 to 2011.
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