After initially denying any wrongdoing, Chris Correa, the former scouting director of the St. Louis Cardinals, will reportedly plead guilty to hacking the Houston Astros.
The Wall Street Journal reports Correa has tentatively agreed to plead guilty to five of the 12 charges levied against him connected to an alleged unauthorized breach of the Houston Astros’ computer network.
To be fair, while the term “hacking” has become the buzz word for this story, federal investigators said last summer the intrusion of the Astros’ computer network was accessed by using an old password, rather than breaking into the system using hacking methods. Either way, Correa was accused of accessing information he should not have been coming anywhere near as an official for a competing company. Major League Baseball is expected to release a statement on this story later today.
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Correa was fired by the Cardinals last July as the investigations were ongoing, following a forced leave of absence. Putting himself at risk by accessing information belonging to the Astros was clearly a poor decision many people are still wrapping their heads around.