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Before Monday's game with the Seattle Mariners, Astros general manager Jeff Luhnow met with media to discuss the data breach that led to months of trade talks being published earlier in the day.
While the Astros already released an official statement, saying they learned of the breach a month ago and are working with the FBI to deal with the issue, Luhnow talked to the media about the fallout.
#Astros GM Lunnow: "It's a very unfortunate circumstance"
— Mike Vernon (@m_vernon) June 30, 2014
#Astros GM Lunnow: "It was definitely an outside entity"
— Mike Vernon (@m_vernon) June 30, 2014
#Astros GM Lunnow: "Today I used pencil and paper."
— Mike Vernon (@m_vernon) June 30, 2014
Luhnow says leaks are frustrating. Declined comment on how teams reacted. Said he spoke to his players mentioned
— Evan Drellich (@EvanDrellich) June 30, 2014
#Astros GM Jeff Luhnow said Deadspin did not reach before putting the story online.
— Mike Vernon (@m_vernon) June 30, 2014
#Astros GM on if @Deadspin reached out before putting out the story, no that's not there MO
— Josh (JR) Reese (@dyslexicsports) June 30, 2014
Luhnow says Astros were prepared as they could be, but were dealing with criminals.
— Evan Drellich (@EvanDrellich) June 30, 2014
Luhnow says Astros have since upgraded. Doesn't know motive of the hacks. Said Deadspin did not alert ahead of post, but knew info was out
— Evan Drellich (@EvanDrellich) June 30, 2014
To their credit, Deadspin responded to the allegations.
.@EvanDrellich Not true. We didn't contact a flack, but we did email someone in the front office.
— Deadspin (@Deadspin) June 30, 2014