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"Konnech was required to keep the data in the United States and only provide access to citizens and permanent residents but instead stored it on servers in the People’s Republic of China."

I think we'll soon learn that his ties to China run far deeper than simply storing data.

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And wouldn’t be surprised if China used or continue to use these covet tactics to alter election results.

alter?

What evidence do you have that China has altered elections?

They may leak the stolen personal information of poll workers to extremists in America upset with whatever the latest election result is.

Maybe Hanlon’s razor applies here and hopefully someone simply created a cloud resource in the wrong region.

You can't just accidentally create resources in one of AWS's mainland China regions. ap-east-1 in Hong Kong, maybe, but the AWS china Beijing and Ningxia regions are not just a misclick away.

I’ve noticed this! The China regions are really their own thing.

They have much better documentation.

I didn't know that, thanks.

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