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It was not rumor.
They retired them in 2019.
I can't remember where, but I think I've seen that spun as a security benefit (probably facetiously). Simply because few people can access floppies anymore, especially 5 1/4". And there's probably like 20 people with 8 inch floppy drives.
Edit: oops... There is literally a comment in this thread saying the very same.
Buy a floppy drive off ebay == end up on a watchlist