I base my knowledge on what the company has given us. I have not called recently, but the last time i did, it was a case of what you see is what you get, in relation to available products. I was told that what was on the website was what i could get; "customization" was of course available, but no special "hidden" products. Thus, i backup my claim; the keys the CKYS advertises, with the granted exception of the Stealth (no longer available), are exclusively made my ST.
I also do not buy the idea of PR = Instant attack. What i do buy, is that ALOT of investors tried getting information, and that it was too much for some people. But that is not an attack; at least, it shouldn't be.
Finally - no bootable USB keys are not new, and i am not sure why you think otherwise. The business-world being unaware of something does not invalidate the technology - it just means it wasn't actually needed. Portable OS's have been around for years, first on CD, then USB. I will give that XP came later, but it HAS been around.
And no, flash drives are NOT faster than HDD based access. The fastest USB key can be found here: http://www.everythingusb.com/hardware/Storage/USB_Flash_Drives.htm At its max read and write, it is still slower than a 7200 PATA HDD, and much slower than a decent SATA drive. Now, taking a safe bet that the ST keys shipped to CKYS for any such purpose would be slower than the fastest drive, then you really have a drive that is NOT faster than a regular HDD.
Sure, USB drives are useful. Being able to mode files quickly and conveniently is nice. Heck, i could even see the use for having a key with some personal records. But mobile office work - nah. With things like blackberry, VPNs, and remote access, business have no need to fuss with bootable OS's or mobile profiles. It is a cute dream though.
Plant and Cyberkeys needed to lie about something to drive the share price up so that they could illegally profit. They chose an imaginary sale of flash to accomplish this crime. Besides that Cyberkeys has very little to do with flash drives. Cyberkeys has made no innovations regarding flash technology. They've never sold any products that weren't available far cheaper elsewhere. They never designed new products. They never patented any products or designs.