The story we are getting just doesn't add up.
Why was the soldier allowed to bring in a RW CD? Why did the computer have a USB/floppy/CD Writer drive installed? Were there no plans at all to prevent this sort of thing?
It’s not easy for an untrained eye to distinguish between a commercial CD, a closed CD-R, and a CD-RW.
All computers these days have USB - otherwise the keyboard and mouse don’t work. You probably can’t even buy a computer these days that doesn’t have USB. Nearly all computers come with DVD/CD writers. Read-only CD or DVD is about 10-year-old technology.
There were plans to prevent this sort of thing, but one important part of the plan was some level of trust in the process of granting a security clearance to a given individual.
ive been on SIPR computers before. USB drives are always disabled. CD drives are always read only. The ability to change any settings always require Admin Rights.