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Very much so. The concern is that such devices can be hacked and used to exfil information from inside the classified space. While that might sound far fetched, we're talking nation-state actors who are trying to penetrate the most critical of spaces. They're willing to go to great lengths for this because the potential payoff is vast. If he took a video call in the space using their VC equipment, that's bad enough. (the understanding being that, you use equipment for work purposes, announce that there's an uncleared call taking place, and sanitize the area). Accidents happen. I've seen people forget they were carrying a phone, it beeps, and they go running out of the room to deposit it, and later self-report the breach. No biggie. But if he brought in an actual phone, and retained it, and then took an incoming call on it, from within a secured area, well, then I'd expect the consequences to be exactly what happened. To be clear, The article doesn't make clear that it's what happened, but if I watched someone do that, I think my jaw would fall off. Edit: This applies to U.S. Government spaces which the article seems to imply. Private company security policies probably mirror this in many ways, but I can't speak for them. |