WikiLeaks Disclosures Prompt Defense Department Ban on USB Drives 
- Security - News & Reviews - eWeek.com: "The Pentagon's new restrictions on removable media and file transfers may impact how United States troops abroad communicate with family and friends back home, according to a privacy and computer security expert.The new rules, outlined by the U.S. Department of Defense in a memo shortly after WikiLeaks started posting 250,000 cables from U.S. embassies and diplomats, ban military service personnel from using any removable media on any classified machines. The 'crackdown' on removable media will likely include 'rewritable CD drives, USB flash drives and multimedia storage like SD cards,' said Darren Hayes, Computer Information Systems Program Chair at New York's Pace University, to eWEEK.
Maj. Gen. Richard Webber, commander of Air Force Network Operations, issued a 'Cyber Control Order' on Dec. 3, outlining the new rules and directing all personnel to 'immediately cease use of removable media on all systems, servers and stand-alone machines residing on SIPRNet,' according to a CNN report.
Similar directives have been issued to other military branches, the report said."
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