Overview
- The 55-year-old city system administrator was accused of copying the full voter-notification file containing data on roughly 430,000 registered voters to external storage.
- Auditors at the city’s IT unit flagged irregular access during routine checks, after which Dresden filed a complaint, terminated the employee and issued a house ban.
- Between May and October 2024, the suspect allegedly connected private media to municipal systems and transferred about 270,000 files.
- The suspect told investigators the copying was a stress-related mistake, claimed no external use and said no additional copies were made.
- Prosecutors closed the criminal probe for lack of provable criminal conduct and forwarded the case to the Saxon data-protection authority for potential administrative action.