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The St Louis Cardinals – the perennial good guys of pro baseball – are being investigated by the FBI after someone allegedly gatecrashed computer systems belonging to the Cardinals' former rivals, the Houston Astros. Office staff at the Cardinals may have gained unauthorized access to the Astros' internal databases using …

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  1. Irongut

    They take rounders strangely seriously on that side of the pond.

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    1. Anonymous Coward
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      Anonymous Coward

      And soccer. And Cycling. Actual crime - say governmental corruption - not so much.

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      Anonymous Coward

      And soccer. And Cycling. Actual crime - say, governmental corruption: not so much.

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  2. Dan Paul

    Insecure Passwords

    are the same as having no password at all, so there was no hacking involved.

    Anyone who uses the same passwords in their new job as they did on the old one, deserves to have their database ravaged.

    If you have easily guessed passwords and your data is online then too bad for you.

    It is the same as leaving the safe door open and expecting they won't take the money.

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      Re: Insecure Passwords

      It may not be hacking, but it is still unauthorized access. If I leave my front door unlocked, that doesn't give you the right to walk into my house and rummage around in my belongings.

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        Joke

        Re: Insecure Passwords

        You're right... we need to write the Chinese, the Russians, the NSA, etc. a strongly worded note about their "unauthorized access" to all things.

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    Really?

    I guess this must be much more important than Comcast cable's violation of numerous laws that have been documented and supplied to the FCC? You can get all of the justice you can afford - in the U.S.

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      FBI != FCC

      The FBI have a pretty good track record of getting involved in hacking/computer crime cases, if reported the right way. Even low level ones like personal impersonation/harassment/fraud.

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  4. asheep

    Perennial Good Guys?

    Are the sarcasm tags missing?

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  5. ecofeco Silver badge

    It's all over now

    It's the beginning of the end or at least a new low.

    Just wow.

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  6. JaitcH
    WTF?

    Does the FBI smell another ...

    FIFA size scandal?

    Anything to get bigger budgets.

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    Missing IRS Emails

    i wonder when they are going to start looking for the IRS emails and Hillary's emails? Probably a higher profile than some baseball team.

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