[FReepaholic]

...The Pentagon has suffered from a cyber attack so alarming that it has taken the unprecedented step of banning the use of external hardware devices, such as flash drives and DVD's...

I'm surprised they hadn't restricted those before now. Endpoint security and data leakage prevention are the current hot topics in infosec these days.

[Strategerist]

Mailbox storage is so tiny, at least on the network (non-classified) that I’m on, and giant powerpoint presentations such a huge part of work, that USBs were a critical enabler to simply getting work done.