[belter]

It seems for the UK Ministry of Defense the going rate was 30 lost per year...

"...More than 120 USB memory sticks, some containing secret information, have been lost or stolen from the Ministry of Defence since 2004, it was reported earlier this year....Some 26 of those disappeared this year == including three which contained information classified as “secret”, and 19 which were “restricted”...."

"UK Ministry of Defense Loses Memory Stick with Military Secrets" (2008): https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2008/09/uk_ministry_o...

[anonymousiam]

USB media is now prohibited on any classified system. They've even gone as far as disabling the USB storage drivers. Even having a USB memory stick in a closed area is a big no no.

[0cVlTeIATBs]

And so the floppy lives on.

[toyg]

Big if true. I mean, I don't put anything beyond UK authorities these days, but even just buying readers would be a struggle.

[toyg]

I always assumed most of those sticks are simply stolen by employees, like pens.