Lexar Recalls 66,000 USB JumpDrives

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission announced Thursday a recall of 66,000 Lexar USB memory sticks that ship under its JumpDrive brand. The devices have a potential for overheating, and could cause burns to customers, the CPSC said in an advisory.

Affected are the JumpDrive FireFly and Secure II products that were sold between April and May 2006. Customers can choose to immediately replace their JumpDrive with a different model of the same size, or the same model if they wait for two weeks. Lexar is providing a registration form for requesting a new device.