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According to the Times, the FBI claims “the hacking was executed by vengeful front-office employees for the Cardinals,” whose former GM, Jeff Luhnow, had left the Cardinals for the Astros in 2011.
“The intrusion did not appear to be sophisticated,” according to the report.
During his eight years with the Cardinals, Luhnow used the “computer network, called Redbird, to house all of their baseball operations information — including scouting reports and player personnel information.” Upon joining the Astros, he implemented a similar infrastructure called “Ground Control.”
Cardinals front-office personnel became “concerned that Mr.