St. Louis Cardinals under investigation for hacking Houston Astros

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Robert LeCompte Feb 6, 2018

Feb 6, 2018

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                <h2><p>The FBI and U.S. Justice Department are investigating officials for the St.Louis Cardinals for hacking into the network of the Houston Astros, a rival team. The databases that were broken into contained information about player statistics, scouting reports, and discussions about player trades, reports NY Times. The names</p></h2>
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               <p>By <a href="/author/robert-lecompte-crosscut-com/">Robert LeCompte</a></p> 
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            <p>The FBI and U.S. Justice Department are investigating officials for the St.Louis Cardinals for hacking into the network of the Houston Astros, a rival team. The databases that were broken into contained information about player statistics, scouting reports, and discussions about player trades, reports <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/17/sports/baseball/st-louis-cardinals-hack-astros-fbi.html?smid%3D=tw-nytsports&_r=1&ref=dev.cascadepbs.org">NY Times</a>. The names of the officials under investigation have not been released.</p>
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The FBI and U.S. Justice Department are investigating officials for the St.Louis Cardinals for hacking into the network of the Houston Astros, a rival team. The databases that were broken into contained information about player statistics, scouting reports, and discussions about player trades, reports NY Times. The names of the officials under investigation have not been released.

By Robert LeCompte

Robert LeCompte is an editorial intern at Crosscut. He studies communications and film at The Evergreen State College where he recently transferred from Maryland. When not working, he can usually be f