It’s not uncommon for people to go fishing on the Oregon Coast, but it can be tricky when they’re phishing with a ‘p-h’; the target is financial information; and the bait is a local bank. Oregon Pacific Bank President and CEO Jim Clark said a mass email went out early yesterday morning to hundreds, if not thousands of people in Lane, Douglas and Coos Counties.
203 – “At this point we know, coastal communities. Because it’s Florence and down into Coos Bay. It’s a classing phishing opportunity by someone out there and it just says you have a new security message, we’re asking you to read the message, please follow the link below.”
The message also went to residents in the Roseburg area. It didn’t target anyone specific and the message was generic, directing the recipient to a website that asked for account numbers and passwords. None of the bank’s systems were targeted directly and their systems are intact.
204 – “We use an outside security service to monitor all of our systems and they could find no breach of our computer systems at all.”
Clark said anyone who did provide the information should contact their bank immediately. He added the FBI was notified and the bogus website was taken down sometime yesterday.
There were some fishy activities going on at the Florence Salmon Trout Enhancement Program hatchery on Munsel Creek this week. More than 40 volunteers, including Siuslaw Middle School stream team members, worked on clipping the adipose fin… the one closest to the tail… of several thousand young coho salmon in preparation for releasing them into the wild. The salmon were raised from eggs collected by STEP volunteers and are part of the group’s education program. They’ll spend the weekend in holding tanks before being released into Munsel Lake next week. From there, they’ll make their way to the ocean and are expected to return in about three years.
The Siuslaw School District Budget Committee heard three options Wednesday night on how to address a $502-thousand revenue shortfall for the coming year. But what they didn’t hear was how district residents would want them to handle the situation. School Board Chair Tami Butler said there was no public input on the budget proposals. The budget panel discussed their options briefly and will meet again next week. The three options are listed on the District’s website.
The Lane County Budget Committee met last night and heard some unpleasant news… County Administrator Jeff Spartz presented the annual budget message that included the surprising news that revenue for the discretionary general fund will be about $10-million less than projected expenses for the coming year. Financial planners had initially expected a ‘flat revenue’ situation, but a shortfall in rental car tax revenue, increased employee benefit costs and overtime pay, as well as additional spending approved by the Board of Commissioners precipitated the shortfall.
Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press
ROSEBURG, Ore. (AP) - The second man to face charges in the 2004
murder of Matthew Peach won't stand trial until July 2011. Peach
was gunned down at Roseburg's Stewart Park in what prosecutors say
was a case of mistaken identity. Jonathan Crawford is accused of
aiding and abetting the man who fired the shots and was sent to
prison five years ago.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Oregon's Supreme Court has ruled a
century-old ban on concealing the true identity of political
campaign contributors in Oregon still applies in 2010. The decision
comes after a challenge by a multimillionaire who claimed it
limited free speech. The ruling sends the case against Tom Moyer
back to a trial judge.
GRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP) - The federal government has come up with
an extra $2 million in drought aid for the upper Klamath Basin. The
U.S. Department of Interior says the money will pay for pumping
water from wells and to get farmers to let their land go fallow.
That will reduce demand for surface water in short supply in the
federal irrigation project serving the area.
MEDFORD, Ore. (AP) - An American Lung Association report on U.S.
air quality gives Jackson and Klamath counties failing grades. The
association's State of the Air report hands the southern Oregon
counties an "F" for short-term particulate pollution. Fine
particulate matter is made up of tiny particles that can lodge deep
in the lungs and exacerbate health problems such as asthma and lung
disease.
SPRINGFIELD, Ore. (AP) - Springfield officials are investigating
what a newspaper describes as scores of vulgar, race-baiting and
anti-Obama e-mails that some Public Works Department employees have
been circulating in the city's e-mail system. The city manager
confirms that more than one worker has been disciplined for
violating city policies and more employees may face sanctions.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Oregon Secretary of State Kate Brown is
praising the state Supreme Court's ruling upholding a century-old
ban on concealing the identity of political campaign contributors.
Theater mogul turned developer Tom Moyer challenged the 1908 law
after he was charged in 2004 with violating it by allegedly using
his granddaughter and an assistant to donate to a Portland mayoral
candidate.
MEDFORD, Ore. (AP) - Jackson County authorities say two adults
and a 13-year-old bot spent nearly 12 hours stranded in rugged
terrain after taking a wrong turn in their Chevy Tahoe. After a tow
truck they called never arrived, they contacted search and rescue.
Rescuers couldn't drive to where they were stranded, so they hiked
in and walked out with the three who were in good condition
yesterday.
OREGON CITY, Ore. (AP) - A Clackamas County gang member found
guilty of attempted murder faces a minimum of seven years in
prison. A jury convicted 28-year-old Roberto Pantoja Bucio of
Wilsonville yesterday and he'll be sentenced May 7. The Oregonian
reports he's a member of the Sureno gang who shot at a Norteno gang
member last July at a park.
GOLD HILL, Ore. (AP) - Sparks from a generator are blamed for a
fire that left two Gold Hill men homeless. Fire officials say
electricity had been shut off at Bradley Weller's home and he was
using a 5,000-watt generator stored in the garage to power his
house. Weller was trying to start the generator Wednesday night
when it kicked out sparks that caused the garage to catch fire.
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) - Gov. Ted Kulongoski has named longtime Lane
County public defender Ilisa Rooke-Ley as a circuit court judge.
The 49-year-old will be sworn in this spring to the position that
pays more than $114,000 a year. The Register-Guard reports she will
be the seventh woman on the 15-judge bench.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - The Portland Trail Blazers have failed to
advance out of the first round of the NBA playoffs for the second
straight year. Last night the Phoenix Suns advanced to the second
round with a 99-90 victory over the Trail Blazers in Portland. The
Blazers tied it at 76 midway through the fourth quarter, but could
not pull ahead.
(Copyright 2010 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
TAKING A LOOK INTO COAST RADIO SPORTS:
On the Schedule…
First up, prep softball. The Siuslaw Vikings will be in Winston this afternoon for a Far West League double-header against the Douglas Trojans. Meanwhile, at home, the Viking Baseball team will host the Trojans for two games at Jiggs Dodson Field. The first game is at three… the pregame show begins at 2:45 on KCST.
At Eugene’s Hayward Field the University of Oregon will be hosting the Oregon Relays for prep athletes. Siuslaw will have several entries in the two-day meet.
On the college diamond this weekend… Oregon State will be in Berkley for a three-game series against the Cal Bears beginning this afternoon. They’ll open the series without head coach Pat Casey who is in Corvallis attending to a family medical issue. Casey is expected to rejoin the team in time for tomorrow’s game. The number 17-ranked Oregon Ducks will host Washington State for three games beginning today. And the Oregon football team will hold their spring scrimmage tomorrow afternoon, two pm, at Autzen Stadium. Admission to the game is three items of non-perishable food that will go to Food For Lane County.
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