Astros GM Jeff Luhnow isn’t very password savvy.

Saint Louis prides itself on its baseball team.  They’re huge baseball fans in that part of the world, and they’re alwasy very proud of the way their team conducts itself and the way the team behaves.  Sure, fans might get a little blue, but the orgainzation does things the right way, according to them.  Not according to the authorities.  The FBI is investigating the St. Louis Cardinals for hacking into the Houston Astros computer system. You know it’s serious business because the FBI and the Justice Department are both getting involved in the investigation.

“The St. Louis Cardinals are aware of the investigation into the security breach of the Houston Astros’ database,” said a statement from the Cardinals.  “The team has fully cooperated with the investigation and will continue to do so.  Given that this is an ongoing federal investigation, it is not appropriate for us to comment further.”

The Houston Astros aren’t even in the same league as the Cardinals, but just the same, they apparently logged into the Houston computer system to get their hands on scouting information, trade evaluations, and other secretive materials.  Astros GM Jeff Luhnow was hired away in 2011; while with St. Louis he built a computer database called Redbird to store all that information.  He built a similar system in Houston called Ground Control, and the Cardinals used the same passwords to hack into the Ground Control system from the home of a Cardinals employee.

Yeesh, turns out that’s a federal offense, assuming it’s true.  Good luck with that, Cardinals front office.

Tags: baseball, major league baseball, st louis cardinals, saint louis cardinals, houston astros, cardinals, astros, baseball hacking, astros computers hacked by saint louis, saint louis cardinals hacked houston astros computers, unusual crimes, baseball hacking, jeff luhnow

I’ve never had a problem eating food from a gas station.  Just two weeks ago, I ate a couple of hot dogs purchased from a gas station.  They were delicious.  That’s not the first time I’ve eaten gas station food, and I doubt it will be the last.  There’s nothing like a fun food novelty. […]

Commissioner Roger Goodell gathered 32 NFL owners for one big question.  One of the league’s most wanderlust-stricken franchises is looking to move again.  The Oakland-Los Angeles-Oakland Raiders, tired of gutting it out in a run-down stadium, were once again looking for greener pastures.  Only the Miami Dolphins refused to cooperate.  With a vote of 31-1, […]

In 2006, an injury to Dallas Cowboys starting quarterback Drew Bledsoe opened the door for an undrafted free agent by the name of Tony Romo to take the helm of America’s Team and lead the Dallas Cowboys to an early playoff exit.  Bledsoe went from starter to afterthought in a season.  Now, the circle continues […]

For 89 years, Oscars has never had a major mistake.  The last few Oscars might have had a few flubs, but at least they never got the most important category of the night wrong.  Well, that’s now changed, all thanks to OG Bonnie and Clyde legends Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway.  When Faye Dunaway called […]

Tom Brady has been wildly successful, if controversial.  He’s the first quarterback ever to win five Super Bowls and only the second player to do so after Charles Haley.  Unlike Haley, Brady won all his Super Bowls with the same team, the New England Patriots.  The only thing that seems to be able to stop […]

Ben Affleck, no matter what you might think of him, is a talented actor and director.  He’s got the goods, but he’s smart enough to know when he’s in over his head.  All along, since he took on the mantle of Batman, he’s had his eyes on writing, directing, and starring as the Caped Crusader. […]

In May, students for the for-profit American College of Education were running into some problems.  Their access to email accounts and course information was locked down by Google, who had disabled their accounts.  The reason why?  A fired IT worker for the American College of Education locked the school out of their Google cloud account. […]