A software CEO was arrested on suspicion of storing poll worker data in China

Authorities arrest election software CEO on suspicion of data theft The Los Angeles County District Attorney accused the CEO of a small company that makes software for election workers of illegally storing data on servers in China. District Attorney George Gascón said at a news conference that the contract with the county required the company, Konnech, to securely maintain election worker information on servers in the United States. Konnech is located in Michigan, and Gascón said his office had cooperated with local law enforcement to make the arrest. "Any L. A. County poll worker data that Konnech may have possessed was provided to it by L. A. County, and therefore could not have been 'stolen' as suggested," said the spokesperson, Jon Goldberg. Last month, Konnech claimed Yu and the company were the target of a "Smear campaign" led by "Conspiracy theorists," who accused Konnech of holding data in China. The company added a "2022 Election Mis-information Advisory" to their website, which stated, "Konnech has never stored customer data on servers in China." Goldberg reiterated that claim in comments to NPR and other news outlets. In the lawsuit, Konnech again contended that the company "Does not, and has never, stored any actual customer or poll worker data on any server in China," and convinced a federal judge to issue a temporary restraining order against True the Vote.