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Japanese Military Shamed by Portable Storage: Page 3 of 3

Japan, of course, is not the only country to have suffered an embarrassing breach of military data. Earlier this year, for example, a USB drive containing military secrets surfaced in a public library in Stockholm, prompting red faces in that country’s military.

Last year, a survey revealed that almost three quarters of organizations house critical data on removable media despite numerous warnings about the security threats posed by the technology.