Two-Thirds of Lost USB Drives Carry Malware

itwbennett writes "Antivirus firm Sophos acquired a passel of USB sticks lost by commuters on trains in the Greater Sydney metro area at an auction organized by the Rail Corporation New South Wales. The company analyzed 50 USB sticks and found that not a single one was encrypted and 33 of them were infected with at least one type of malware."

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Re:What do you expect ..

[DemonGenius]

And I just used up all my mod points too...

Re:What do you expect ..

[cpt kangarooski]

IIRC there is a place selling the 256Mb sticks for something like 40c in bulk.

Goddammit. I remember when I used to buy 230 MB Bernoulli disks for like $100 a pop (not to mention the $500 drive to put them in), and how it was a pretty large amount of storage at the time. While I'm not upset that things are faster, better, and cheaper, must I feel old?