American software biz CEO arrested for allegedly storing election data in China

The Register asked the LACDAO whether it is alleging that any of the data stored in China was actually accessed by third-parties or made available to them and whether any poll workers have reported abuse of their personal information. Konnech last month sued [PDF] True the Vote, a Texas-based nonprofit and supporter of 2020 election denial, its founder Catherine Engelbrecht, and group member Gregg Phillips, for allegedly defamatory racist and xenophobic attacks on Konnech and Yu that erroneously characterize the company, its founder, and its employees as Chinese government operatives. "Konnech obtains its contracts through transparent public government bidding processes, and has never engaged in bribery or any other criminal activity of any sort. All of Konnech's US customer data is secured and stored exclusively on protected computers located within the United States." At an invitation-only event in August, the complaint says, True the Vote made false accusations about Konnech and claimed "That they have obtained financial and other sensitive personal data of 1.8 million US poll workers - including social security numbers, phone numbers, email addresses, and banking information - from Konnech's protected computers." In a court filing [PDF] last week, Konnech accused the defendants of flouting the TRO by failing to identify who hacked its systems, how its systems were accessed, and who has been given company data. The defendants have evidently provided some sort of information under seal to the judge but have not shared it with Konnech, per the TRO. The filing accuses the defendants of justifying their TRO non-compliance with the claim that "Revealing the identity of the person that allegedly stole Konnech's data has 'significant national security and law enforcement implications'". In a statement published to its website, True the Vote said Konnech has been trying to silence the organization through litigation, and the group's ability to speak has been constrained by the TRO. "Today Konnech CEO Eugene Yu was arrested based on alleged evidence of the very activities he and his organization attempted to suppress," the group said.