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From: Janos Dohanics <web@3dresearch.com>
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Subject: OT - Heartland Payment Systems
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I came across this today:

http://information-security-resources.com/2009/01/29/did-heartland-ceo-make=
=2Dinsider-trades/

The article discusses some questions about the security breach which occurr=
ed=20
at Heartland Payment Systems. Among other things, the article says:

=E2=80=9CSomehow, these guys went directly to the base level of the machine=
 (to an=20
area) that was not part of the file table for the disk=E2=80=9D

=E2=80=9CSomehow, they got around the operating system."

I'm wondering what is suggested here?

=2D-=20
Janos Dohanics