Category: Dekalb County

US Elections Offices Start Severing Ties With Software Firm After Chief Executive’s Arrest

October 10, 2022
2022 Midterm Electionsdata theftDekalb CountyDetroitDistrict Attorney George GascónEugene YuFairfax CountyGAKonnechMontana Secretary of StatePoliticsUSUS News
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Governments around the country are reconsidering contracts with a firm whose CEO was arrested last week on allegations of illegally storing election workers’ personal data on servers in China. Eugene Yu was arrested on Oct. 5 near Lansing, Michigan—where his Konnech firm is based—on data theft charges lodged by Los Angeles County district attorney George…

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Elections Offices Severing Ties With Elections Software Firm After CEO’s Arrest

October 10, 2022
2022 Midterm Electionsdata theftDekalb CountyDetroitDistrict Attorney George GascónEugene YuFairfax CountyGAKonnechMontana Secretary of StatePoliticsUSUS News
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Governments around the country are reconsidering contracts with a firm whose CEO was arrested last week on allegations of illegally storing election workers’ personal data on servers in China. Eugene Yu was arrested on Oct. 5 near Lansing, Michigan—where his Konnech firm is based—on data theft charges lodged by Los Angeles County district attorney George…

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After Election Firm CEO’s Arrest, Republicans Push to Terminate Contract With Georgia County

October 7, 2022
2022 Midterm ElectionsDekalb CountyElection Integrityelection securityEugene YuFeatured TopicsKonnechLos Angeles County District AttorneyPoliticsUS
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ATLANTA, Ga.—Local Republicans in Atlanta were tarred last month as “election deniers” and “conspiracy theorists” for expressing concerns about Konnech, an election subcontractor with alleged Chinese links. The DeKalb County Elections Board disregarded the concerns and finalized a contract with Konnech. But in a stunning turn of events, the company’s CEO Eugene Yu was arrested…

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