[LPIL - Board of Directors] Phishing Warning

Thu Sep 7 20:19:50 EDT 2023

Just received a weird e-mail from a petertheil2024 at gmail.com. Be careful 
out there.

On 2023-08-29 16:30, Kelly Liebmann-LPIL IT Operations Director via 
Lpil-bod wrote:
> The CRM does require two factor authentication already.
> 
> Kelly Liebmann
> 
> Greenwood Township Trustee
> Selective Services Region 1 Board Member
> Deputy Voter Registrar
> Treasurer, McHenry County Libertarians
> LPIL IT Operations Director
> Greenwood 3 Libertarian Party Precinct Committeeman
> 
> _"It is the duty of the patriot to protect his country from its
> government." -Thomas Paine_
> 
>> On Aug 29, 2023, at 1:31 PM, Jake Leonard via Lpil-bod
>> <lpil-bod at lists.lpillinois.org> wrote:
> 
>> 
>> 
>> I thought the eight-digit code we got every time we logged in to the
>> website was our 2FA for each login.
>> 
>> Perhaps, if there is an intended rule to be put in place, that this
>> is put in the agenda for September?
>> 
>> Jake Leonard
>> Interim Chairman and Executive Director | ChrisMont Libertarian
>> Central Committee (_Christian County, Montgomery County_)
>> _Congress: 15_ | _Montgomery County: Illinois Senate 54/55, Illinois
>> House 107/108/110_ | _Christian County: Illinois Senate 48/54,
>> Illinois House 95/96/107/108_
>> 
>> Political Director | Libertarian Party of Illinois
>> 800 Capps Ave. | Nokomis, IL 62075-1415
>> Mobile: (217) 565-9709 [1] | (217) 565-9273 [2] || Work: (217)
>> 569-4230 ext. 700 [3] | (217) 718-5281 [4] || Fax: (217) 717-8079
>> [5]
>> 
>> On 8/29/2023 11:56 AM, Matthew Piron via Lpil-bod wrote:
>> 
>> The most serious breach would be if an outside actor gained access
>> to the CRM. Perhaps we could look into the possibility  of two
>> factor authentication for CRM access? Also, perhaps a rule should be
>> introduced that any official LP business being discussed on one to
>> one basis be conducted over phone or video conference call?
>> 
>> -Matthew Piron
>> 
>> On Aug 28, 2023 8:10 PM, Alexa Maffei via Lpil-bod
>> <lpil-bod at lists.lpillinois.org> wrote:
>> 
>> I actually think this is a serious problem that we really need to
>> look further into and if I'm being honest, I'm a little concerned by
>> people's lack of concern. I would've brought it up to discuss at the
>> last BOD meeting, but I couldn't attend due to it conflicting with
>> another libertarian meeting. I agree with Ken that information
>> security violations are going to happen; however, there's a
>> difference between getting a suspicious email telling you to click a
>> link to 'find hot singles in your area' and someone reaching out to
>> several people in leadership and successfully impersonating the
>> leader of our state party. This is the phishing email I (and others)
>> received:
>> 
>> In hindsight, it's definitely strange, but there are no red flags
>> within the message itself like misspelled words, weird links or
>> attachments, requests for personal info, or anything seemingly
>> nefarious or suspicious. At my job, I regularly work with datasets
>> containing social security numbers and my company occasionally sends
>> out fake phishing emails as tests to ensure tech employees like
>> myself report anything suspicious. Yet I didn't realize this was
>> actually a phishing attempt until Bob mentioned it to me offhand a
>> little over a week ago. We need to figure out what happened here and
>> probably look into taking some additional measures to ensure
>> sensitive information is not compromised.
>> 
>> Best,
>> Alexa
>> 
>> ---
>> Alexa Maffei
>> State Central Committee Rep, 10th District
>> Libertarian Party of Illinois
>> scc10 at lpillinois.org
>> (815) 274-1976
>> 
>> On 2023-08-20 23:36, Ken Mattes via Lpil-bod wrote: In my volunteer
>> work with the McHenry County EMA I am privy to sensitive
>> information, as it is with my work with LPIL.
>> 
>> Cyberterror is our region's top threat by far. Drought is way behind
>> in second place. Both of these threats have a 100% chance of
>> happening; in other words, these things WILL happen; it's not a
>> question of if; it is a question of when and where.
>> 
>> The Board of Directors of the Libertarian Party of Illinois is
>> comprised of some of the best individuals I have ever meet. Not a
>> single one of us would ever ask any of you to do anything
>> surrepticiously. Our team does not operate that way.
>> 
>> Please contine to report any scurrilous messages or emails to our
>> team, and attach screenshots if you can.
>> 
>> On 2023-08-20 21:15, Justin Tucker via Lpil-bod wrote: Team -  It
>> has come to my attention that several people have received emails
>> seemingly from Bill Redpath and possibly other board members with no
>> subject line vaguely asking them to chat a little via email. This is
>> actually a phishing attempt. Do not open the email. If you have done
>> so already, do not respond, and absolutely do not provide any
>> personal information, click on any links, or download any
>> attachments in it. If you suspect an email you've received could be
>> suspicious, hover over the sender's name. A pop-up with their email
>> address will appear. If it isn't chair at lpillinois.org or
>> wredpath2 at yahoo.com, it is not Bill Redpath. Someone received one
>> from a Gmail account called officemaile712.
>> 
>> If you have received or receive an email like I described or any
>> email that you find suspicious, please let me know as soon as
>> possible.
>> 
>> Best,
>> Justin Tucker
>> Executive Director, Libertarian Party of Illinois
>> --
>> Ken Mattes
>> Secretary, Libertarian Party of Illinois
>> secretary at lpillinois.org
>> 815 342 5177
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Best,
Justin Tucker
Executive Director, Libertarian Party of Illinois