WHAT!?! FBI Investigating the Cardinals.

[fanforever]

Not to defend the Cardinals or anything, but it looks like our L33t HAXORZ skillz were simply trying the same passwords that Luhnow was too dumb to change after he left the team.

That's not "hacking" - that's lack of security

[fanforever]

[Tim]

Lyons is still trash

[Hoot45]

At least we won't be mocked as the "Best Fans in Baseball" anymore. Hello, "Patriots of MLB" jokes!

This is a poop storm already. Yikes.

[go birds]

lol @ "hacking"

[heyzeus]

Can someone send a cleaning company over to the Deadspin offices? It's bedlam over there right now.

One the one hand, full engorgement of their Cardinals hateboner
On the other, got thoroughly scooped by NYT. They don't even have a placeholder story up on deadspin yet.

[dmarx114]

I assume you have a few rogue employees of the Cards who did not like Luhnow.

[MrCrowesGarden]

At least we won't be mocked as the "Best Fans in Baseball" anymore. Hello, "Patriots of MLB" jokes!

This is a poop storm already. Yikes.

All I've seen is best hackers in baseball on Twitter.

[Joe Shlabotnik]

Will Mo wear bowties in the slammer?

[Jocephus]

The story goes on to state that the “hack” was fairly low-tech, as these things go; it appears that someone with access to the password histories used by Luhnow (and those who followed him to St. Louis) were simply used to gain access to the Astros systems. Unfortunately for the “hackers”, they used a computer at a home that was easily tied to the Cardinals — perhaps a home rented out for Spring Training — and the trail was simply followed from there. This does not exactly seem like the work of criminal masterminds.

It will be interesting to see what MLB does when the FBI finishes their investigation. The story mentions that those accused of participating have not yet been punished by the team, but that seems very likely to change; there are going to be some firings over this, and it will be interesting to see how high up the ladder this goes. And I would imagine MLB will likely look into punishing the organization beyond just the individuals involved.

A year ago, the Astros were seen as an embarrassment for their on-field play and for letting their secure resources get released into the public. Today, their team is in first place and it seems like they were legitimately victims of theft from another organization. Now, it is the Cardinals who might end up as the embarrassed organization.

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