[LPIL - Board of Directors] Phishing Warning

Mon Sep 18 00:32:11 EDT 2023

Jake,

Has Cody Graves completed the NDA step for CRM access?

Do we have a current photo of him? All I was able to update on the 
lpillinois.org website about his new role was name only.

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Live Free,

Bob Blair-Smith II

Libertarian Party of Illinois
IT Division Director
it at lpillinois.org

(630) 401-5788

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
> 
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> 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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