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Baseball Team Hacks Another Team's Networks, FBI Investigates

Posted by Soulskill on from the change-your-password dept.

An anonymous reader writes: The St. Louis Cardinals have been one of the better baseball teams over the past several years. The Houston Astros have been one of the worst. Nevertheless, there is evidence that officials for the Cardinals broke into a network maintained by the Astros in order to gain access to "internal discussions about trades, proprietary statistics, and scouting reports." The FBI is now leading an investigation into the breach, and they have served subpoenas to the Cardinals and to Major League Baseball demanding access to electronic correspondence. It's the first known instance of corporate espionage involving a network breach in professional sports. Law enforcement said the intrusion "did not appear to be sophisticated." It seems likely that a personal vendetta against the Astros's general manager is involved.

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  1. Interesting by thedonger · · Score: 3, Funny

    Right up until the point you said "baseball." In the title.

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    1. Re:Interesting by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

      Slashdot used to be interesting too. Right up until user ID 1317951

    2. Re:Interesting by istartedi · · Score: 3, Funny

      Uhhh... it was never cool. We're nerds. NERDS!!!

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    3. Re:Interesting by sjames · · Score: 5, Funny

      Get off my lawn you damned kids!

    4. Re:Interesting by halivar · · Score: 3, Funny

      What, I have to Google it myself?

    5. Re:Interesting by Isaac-Lew · · Score: 3, Funny

      I considered not replying to this, then I thought "Oh, well"...

  2. Somebody explain? by jetkust · · Score: 3, Funny

    They used their ex-GM and ex-employee's passwords from their network to access the Astro's network. But why was it so easy to get their passwords in the first place. Isn't this normally not possible?

  3. There's no SPYING in BASEBALL!!!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Said Tom Hanks.

  4. Radio DJ's Astros joke by Black+Parrot · · Score: 1, Funny

    Q: Why are the Astros like Michael Jackson?

    A: They run around with a glove on one hand for no useful reason.

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