Sports fans look at their favorite professional teams and see athletes. Hackers look at sports teams and see data. So, when news broke in June that the U.S. Department of Justice is investigating the St. Louis Cardinals’ front-office personnel for allegedly hacking into an internal network of the Houston Astros, attorneys who deal with trade secret theft were hardly surprised.
“Business is business,” said Peter Toren, a partner at Weisbrod Matteis & Copley who specializes in intellectual property law and cybersecurity. “The theft of trade secrets takes place more often than people realize, and it was only a matter of time before it happened in the sports world.”
