[makeitdouble]

> "I breached the database, but then got stopped from exfiltrating data because somebody made it so the USB sticks don't work".

It might be a generational thing, at some point I know people actually had Napster running on their work computer, or were torrenting porn movies. That's how the whole Metallica thing happened. That feels absurd to me in today's corporate env., for better or worse the work/private split has really come a long way.

Malware spread by physical media was also a thing for a while, it's not just about the getting stuff out, a lot of the restriction on USB is not getting things in.

PS: on the "why" of all that...I'd say Windows. Platforms all have their weaknesses, but Windows opened the doors wider than anyone else IMHO.