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Candy sold in Alabama recalled in salmonella outbreak
Associated PressPublished: January 22, 2009

A Tennessee candy company is recalling 1,400 pounds of candy as a part of a national salmonella outbreakinvolving peanut butter.

Blanton’s Candies of Sweetwater announced Wednesday the recallof Blanton’s Peanut Butter Sticks that were distributed in Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama, Virginia, North Carolina and Florida. The sticks are packaged in 8-ounce cellophane bags.

The company said they are recalling the candy because the peanutbutter was supplied by the Peanut Corp. of America, which operatesa Blakely, Ga., plant where the U.S. Food and Drug Administrationhas said the outbreak started.

Customers may take the packaging back to the location of purchase for a full refund or can call the company at (423) 337-3487.

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Massive Credit Card Hack, Info Stolen
Waaytv.com, Posted: Jan 21, 2009 12:06 PM

Heartland Payment Systems hpy on Tuesday disclosed that intruders hacked into the computers it uses to process 100 million payment card transactions per month for 175,000 merchants.

Robert Baldwin, Heartland's president and CFO, said in a USA TODAY interview that the intruders had access to Heartland's system for "longer than weeks" in late 2008. The number of victims is unknown. "We just don't have the information right now," Baldwin said.

Tech security experts said the breach could set a record. Retail giant TJX lost 94 million customer records to hackers in 2007. With more than 100 million transactions per month, they could discover that several months' worth of transactions were captured, says Michael Maloof, chief technology officer at TriGeo Network Security.

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