Prosecutors: U.S. election firm gave Chinese workers ‘superadministration’ access to election data
Just the News • Updated October 15, 2022
Supervisor described policy as “huge security issue.”
A U.S. election technology company currently embroiled in scandal gave Chinese subcontractors high-level security access to American election data, according to a warrant filed by prosecutors this week in Los Angeles.
Authorities earlier this month arrested Eugene Yu, the CEO of the election software company Konnech, on charges of grand theft and embezzlement related to his work with that firm. Controversy has also swirled over Konnech’s alleged storage of poll worker data in servers located in the People’s Republic of China.
Konnech says on its website that it offers its PollChief “election logistic software” to nearly three dozen clients across the United States. The warrant for Yu’s arrest, meanwhile, made startling allegations related to the handling of sensitive data for those clients.
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True the Vote originally expressed concerns about this matter. See You Count, Indiana’s interview with Catherine Engelbrecht of True the Vote here.