http://nypost.com/2015/06/16/cardinals-investigated-by-fbi-for-hacking-astros-stealing-data/
The FBI is probing the St. Louis Cardinals for hacking into the internal databases of longtime division rival Houston Astros to steal player information, sources told The Post on Tuesday.
Calling the sensational allegation a case of “industrial espionage,’’ a federal source said the bureau is investigating whether the scheme was part of a “retaliation’’ plot against former Cardinals executive Jeff Luhnow, who jumped ship to the Astros in 2011.
While with the Cardinals, Luhnow helped construct an internal computer network called “Redbird” for the team to house its baseball-operations information. The data included higher-ups’ discussions about trades, proprietary statistics and scouting reports.
Investigators believe that some members of the Cardinals organization feared that Luhnow took some of that proprietary data with him when he defected to Houston, the source said.
While probing the Cardinals’ alleged misconduct, the FBI also is looking into those charges against Luhnow, the source said.
It’s unclear how high up the alleged baseball Spygate goes on the Cardinals’ side. The probe wasfirst reported by the New York Times on Tuesday.
After the FBI probe was launched, “agents soon found that the Astros’ network had been entered from a computer at a home that some Cardinals officials had lived in,” the Times reported.
The FBI is probing the St. Louis Cardinals for hacking into the internal databases of longtime division rival Houston Astros to steal player information, sources told The Post on Tuesday.
Calling the sensational allegation a case of “industrial espionage,’’ a federal source said the bureau is investigating whether the scheme was part of a “retaliation’’ plot against former Cardinals executive Jeff Luhnow, who jumped ship to the Astros in 2011.
While with the Cardinals, Luhnow helped construct an internal computer network called “Redbird” for the team to house its baseball-operations information. The data included higher-ups’ discussions about trades, proprietary statistics and scouting reports.
Investigators believe that some members of the Cardinals organization feared that Luhnow took some of that proprietary data with him when he defected to Houston, the source said.
While probing the Cardinals’ alleged misconduct, the FBI also is looking into those charges against Luhnow, the source said.
It’s unclear how high up the alleged baseball Spygate goes on the Cardinals’ side. The probe wasfirst reported by the New York Times on Tuesday.
After the FBI probe was launched, “agents soon found that the Astros’ network had been entered from a computer at a home that some Cardinals officials had lived in,” the Times reported.
