Half of businesses have lost sensitive or confidential information due to USB memory sticks, with many incidents involving those infected with malware. By Mathew J. Schwartz InformationWeek August 08, 2011 05:15 PM In the past two years, 70% of businesses have traced the loss of sensitive or confidential information to USB flash memory sticks. […]
America’s Most Dangerous Computer Security Breach Was Caused By a Flash Drive
In 2008, a foreign intelligence agency slipped a flash drive into a U.S. military computer, sneaking malicious code onto classified military networks: “A rogue program operating silently, poised to deliver operational plans into the hands of an unknown adversary.” Gulp. That’s how Deputy Defense Secretary William J. Lynn III described the incident in an article […]