Cardinals Face F.B.I. Inquiry in Hacking of Astros’ Network

Re:Cardinals Face F.B.I. Inquiry in Hacking of Astros’ Network by remarkEon on Tuesday June 16, 2015 @01:19PM (#9727346)

-> Believing that the Astros’ network had been compromised by a rogue hacker, Major League Baseball notified the F.B.I., and the authorities in Houston opened an investigation. Agents soon found that the Astros’ network had been entered from a computer at a home that some Cardinals officials had lived in. The agents then turned their attention to the team’s front office.

So it looks like the Astros/MLB were unable to determine internally how their network was compromised and then contacted the FBI. This seems perfectly reasonable to me.

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Re:Cardinals Face F.B.I. Inquiry in Hacking of Astros’ Network by kolbe on Tuesday June 16, 2015 @01:27PM (#9727394)

I like that aspect, which is using the FBI's resources to help solve a problem. But, to me, it's fucked up that once you call the FBI, they take over, and often bring absurdly punitive charges with them. We saw this with Aaron Schwartz and Sergey Aleynikov.

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Re:Cardinals Face F.B.I. Inquiry in Hacking of Astros’ Network by jessaustin on Tuesday June 16, 2015 @02:55PM (#9728017)

The FBI loves it. They think their fingers ought to be in all the pies. Thus grows the State.

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