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MSN Sports
What should MLB
do if the Cardinals really hacked the Astros' network?
USA Today Sports
Ted Berg
According to a New York Times report, the F.B.I. is investigating the
St. Louis Cardinals for potentially hacking into the Houston Astros’
proprietary software to obtain information about player personnel. The
report is stunning, both for the revelation itself and its utter lack
of precedent. As the Times explains:
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.
In a statement, Major League Baseball said it “will evaluate the next
steps and made decisions promptly” upon the conclusion of the
investigation. If it comes out the Cardinals did in fact steal
information from the Astros, the league should — and probably will —
suspend anyone and everyone in the St. Louis front office with
knowledge of the hack who doesn’t go to prison for it.
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