PIMC: KBOO Management ignores Phishing attempt of Members

Effective agitation and group action is not a felony. 30.Aug.2013 15:56
Theresa Mitchell link

A DISINGENUOUS AND FALSE ACCUSATION
A media link is given above to Willamette Week, with the title: "Subject: somethings phishy with the state of this station." Links below that one continue the "phishing" theme, an accusation against KBOO Interim Engineer Tom Hood, claiming that he used email to "phish" members. (Tom Hood did no such thing, of course; his email was compromised by a phishing scammer, and I was one of those who received (and deleted) one of the hijacked emails. Like most people, he fixed the situation by changing his password.) The other links above confirm that the accuser does understand that Tom was a victim, not a perpetrator of phishing.

WHAT IS PHISHING?
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phishing
"Phishing is the act of attempting to acquire information such as usernames, passwords, and credit card details (and sometimes, indirectly, money) by masquerading as a trustworthy entity in an electronic communication.[1][2] Communications purporting to be from popular social web sites, auction sites, banks, online payment processors or IT administrators are commonly used to lure the unsuspecting public. Phishing emails may contain links to websites that are infected with malware.[3] Phishing is typically carried out by email spoofing[4] or instant messaging,[5] and it often directs users to enter details at a fake website whose look and feel are almost identical to the legitimate one. ...." Phishing can indeed be used for identity theft, which is illegal in the State of Oregon:
www.oregonlaws.org/ors/165.800


A LEGITIMATE-SEEMING LINK
Here is what the WW link in the above post actually says about KBOO:

"A member of community radio station KBOO FM's board of directors says he was kicked off the board July 15 after talking to the media about the station's recent financial and union troubles ("KBOO Coup," WW, July 10, 2013). KBOO board president S.W. Conser confirms the board removed Hadrian Micciche; the minutes say Micciche was removed because of a June 20 email he sent to several media outlets (including WW) accusing three board members of wrongdoing. Micciche says a copy of WW's recent story, which quoted him, was open and on the table when he walked into the meeting. "They were saying I was disloyal to KBOO by blowing the whistle," Micciche says. "I mentioned whistle-blowing and somebody said, 'It's not whistle-blowing unless somebody did something wrong.'" In another update, Conser says that KBOO executive director Lynn Fitch remains in her position. Fitch tells WW she is on leave after the death of her partner."

This is perfectly good reporting from WW, and accurate as far as it goes. Mr. Micciche had published accusations against KBOO that were false, and had claimed that he intended to demand prosecution: portland.indymedia.org/en/2013/06/423799.shtml
"KBOO is on track to lossing [sic] its broadcasting license for failure to have a Community Advisory Board, as the FCC and our By-laws require, and that this failure of KBOO to follow its By-laws has been reported to the state's Attorney Generals office." The Board was understandably upset to be falsely accused (there was no violation, no missing Community Advisory Board, etc.) and did remove Mr. Micciche, to general rejoicing. And there is no pending action versus KBOO by the State Attorney General, the FCC, or anyone else. The threat of litigation or prosecution, however, has been a favorite tool of the corporatization faction. So far, all of these threats have evaporated.

A LOSING CAUSE?
At present, the downsizing faction represented by Micciche are effectively distanced from direct power at KBOO; Rabia Yeaman and Paula Small resigned, and the appointed new Board members are committed to the idea of rebuilding KBOO on a more participatory, more visible program. The Keep KBOO As KBOO Committee has issued a pamphlet (reproduced in part at savekboo.org ), that promotes this program and a slate of candidates for the election, which winds up September 15th with the Annual General Membership Meeting.

CALLING OUT THE ACCUSER
I challenge the person(s) accusing Mr. Hood to either swear out a criminal complaint, or to desist from defamation. The anonymous accusation against Mr. Hood seems doubly unfair, considering that Tom has only endeavored to do his job during this struggle. He has had a great deal to do, with several live-remote broadcasts and live music broadcasts to deal with. The query above, "how many felonies are you clowns wanting conviction for?," is mendacious at best.

savekboo.org

a comment from somewhere 30.Aug.2013 17:24
for your consideraton link

"So TM received a phishing e-mail from an official KBOO account, deleted it, and then did nothing?

Did she communicate with Hood in any way about this? Did anyone else in the Inner Party?

More to the point, if Hood inadvertently sent a mass phishing e-mail to the people in his address book, why on earth didn't he send out a followup e-mail to the people in his address book warning them of the phishing e-mail, and warning them that their e-mail account had been compromised if they had clicked on the link in the phishing e-mail?

What sort of person is victimized by having his e-mail account hijacked by a phisher, and then doesn't warn his e-mail correspondents about the phishing e-mail?"