US Air Force pilots planned Afghanistan missions with malware-laden USB drives

Former Air Force infosec staffer Justin Henkel said personnel bought USB drives from local vendors in Kabul and used the same devices on both unclassified and classified systems. In 2008 that led to the Agent.BTZ worm infecting Pentagon networks, taking 14 months to clean up.

• Drives were bought from local vendors in Kabul, not military suppliers
• The same drive was used on unclassified and classified systems
• In 2008 the Agent.BTZ worm infected Pentagon networks
• It took the Pentagon 14 months to scrub the malware