Kingston Digital to Replace Affected Secure USB Flash Drives with Upgraded Security Architecture, New Drives

The Kingston drives affected are the DataTraveler BlackBox (DTBB), DataTraveler Secure - Privacy Edition (DTSP) and DataTraveler Elite - Privacy Edition (DTEP). Kingston is offering its customers the following: a FIPS-certified replacement for the DTBB; and the DataTraveler Vault - Privacy Edition for the DTSP and DTEP.

Kingston was notified in December by a third-party security consulting firm that the DataTraveler BlackBox, DataTraveler Secure - Privacy Edition and DataTraveler Elite - Privacy Edition contained a potential security flaw. Kingston believes the best solution is to replace those potentially affected units.

"We have decided the best way to address this problem is to offer our customers replacement units that incorporate newer and stronger security architecture," said Nathan Su, Flash Memory Sales Director, APAC Region, Kingston. "Since we were first notified of the potential hack, we have concluded that exchanging drives is the proper solution for our customers."