The Pentagon has lifted a ban on USB storage devices and other portable media.

"Some officials qualified the lifting of the ban, stating that portable drives will only be allowed in specific circumstances, when the portable devices are government-owned and inventoried," writes DarkReading's Tim Wilson. "But others said they doubt whether the policies will be strictly followed or enforced."

"'This is good for us hackers,' said a blogger on one hacker site," Wilson writes.

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