The router that Jane supposedly hacks is not only in the rack backwards, but she plugs an Ethernet cable into the console port, which is only used for initial programming of a router, restoring a router that has lost connection or to physically connect to the router via a laptop/console. The console port is not a part of the routing function, it is simply a physical administrative interface.
There is absolutely no point in putting an infected object into a sterile collection jar, putting on the lid of the container, and then moving it into a clean area without chemical, UV, and mechanical cleaning. To do so would simple bring any pathogen into the purportedly clean environment.