{"id":1683921,"date":"2022-10-11T15:20:08","date_gmt":"2022-10-11T19:20:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1683921"},"modified":"2022-10-11T15:20:21","modified_gmt":"2022-10-11T19:20:21","slug":"elections-offices-severing-ties-with-software-firm-after-ceos-arrest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/elections-offices-severing-ties-with-software-firm-after-ceos-arrest\/","title":{"rendered":"Elections Offices Severing Ties With Software Firm After CEO\u2019s Arrest"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Felections-offices-severing-ties-with-software-firm-after-ceos-arrest%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1683921&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Governments across the country are reconsidering contracts with a firm whose CEO was arrested last week on suspicion of illegally storing election workers\u2019 personal data on servers in China.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-konnech\">Konnech<\/a> CEO Eugene Yu was arrested on Oct. 5 near Lansing, Michigan\u2014where his firm is based\u2014on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-data-theft\">data theft<\/a> charges lodged by Los Angeles County <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-district-attorney-george-gascon\">District Attorney George Gasc\u00f3n<\/a>. Storing such data offshore violates its contract with the county, Gasc\u00f3n\u2019s office said.<\/p>\n<p>Konnech subsequently lost contracts with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-detroit\">Detroit<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-fairfax-county\">Fairfax County<\/a>, Virginia.<\/p>\n<p>However, the elections board of DeKalb County, Georgia, voted on Oct. 10 to continue its contract with Konnech.\u00a0The board\u2019s two Democratic appointees, plus the at-large member appointed by a judge, voted first not to sever the contract and then to require the data in question be held only on the county\u2019s servers.\u00a0The two Republican appointees opposed.<\/p>\n<p>The county\u2019s information technology director assured the board that data using Microsoft Azure business software, like many other county systems, would be secure.<\/p>\n<p>The board didn\u2019t address the broader concerns that county Republican Party Chair Marci McCarthy raised in a letter read during the meeting\u2019s public comment period.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy grave concern is that our active account could become inactive in a single moment, and doing so during 19 days of early voting or on Election Day could cause havoc with our election operations. We would have no advance warning and no recourse,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt comes down to the basics of who will pay the bills and what employees will continue to work as the company is in turmoil,\u201d McCarthy said. \u201cWhat happens if Konnech cannot pay its cloud hosting fees?\u00a0 When they can\u2019t make payroll?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The county also is exposing itself to financial liability if a worker damaged through a personal data breach decides to sue, she said.<\/p>\n<p>Dele Lowman Smith, a Democrat who<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Governments across the country are reconsidering contracts with a firm whose CEO was arrested last week on suspicion of illegally storing election workers\u2019 personal data on servers in China. 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