As the FBI continues to try to build a case against the St. Louis Cardinals employees who allegedly stole information from the Houston Astros, one thing has become increasingly clear — these were not professionals.
Michael S. Schmidt of the New York Times, who broke the story about the investigation, reports that the biggest break the FBI caught was the hackers’ inability to cover their tracks. They apparently made an attempt to disguise their efforts and came up empty.
“They tried to mask themselves like an experienced hacker and failed,” a person familiar with the investigation told Schmidt.