>From this Slashdot article: http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/11/28/1442246
This comment: It isn't just targeting the US.<http://it.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=1044907&cid=25916191> (Score:5 <http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/11/28/1442246#>, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 28, @08:33AM (#25916191<http://it.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=1044907&cid=25916191>) Anonymous coward here, for a reason etc. I work with the USAF in a very official capacity in IT and got wind of the flash media ban a while back. I've been asked to keep quiet about this, but since it isn't classified, and nobody takes slashdot seriously, take this for what it is worth: We stopped using all flash media on all networks because we can no longer be confident that they do not come from the factory with payloads attached. I've seen entire boxes of flash media from the "amnesty boxes" set up inside USAF buildings sent off to NSA and FBI for investigation. There are some who think that manufacturers have been infiltrated with the sole purpose of loading malware onto drives. And it isn't that it's specifically an attack on US Gov. computers - it's just that Gov. networks tend to be pretty incestuous, and flash drives are often moved back and forth between multiple computers daily by most users due to the flakiness of CAC (common access card) infrastructure. So beware. -- Doug Roberts, RTI International [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] 505-455-7333 - Office 505-670-8195 - Cell
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