====== Martin Gottesfeld ======
**Martin Gottesfeld** is a [[computer engineer]] from [[Somerville, Massachusetts]]. He was sentenced to jail time as a [[hacktivist]] over a case involving a minor.

===== The Justina Pelletier Case =====
At the age of 14, Justina Pelletier was taken into custody by the state of [[Massachusetts]] when it determined that her parents interfered with her treatment over what [[Boston Children's Hospital]] physicians believed was a psychiatric disorder.((January 10, 2019 | Nate Raymond | Reuters | [[https://www.reuters.com/article/us-massachusetts-cyber/massachusetts-man-gets-10-years-in-prison-for-hospital-cyberattack-idUSKCN1P42J8|Massachusetts man gets 10 years in prison for hospital cyberattack]])) After seeing Dr. [[Mark Korson]] about painful digestive issues, her parents too her to Boston Children's Hospital to see what more might be done. That hospital's physicians changed Justina's diagnosis from the Korson's opinion of [[mitochondrial disease]] to being "in her head". ((June 29, 2017 | David Kushner | Rolling Stone | [[https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/the-hacker-who-cared-too-much-196425/|The Hacker Who Cared Too Much]]))

Linda Pelletier, Justina's mother, says that her daughter sent her a message saying that she was being tortured in state custody.((June 29, 2017 | David Kushner | Rolling Stone | [[https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/the-hacker-who-cared-too-much-196425/|The Hacker Who Cared Too Much]]))

A //[[Boston Globe]]// investigation published in 2013 found that Boston Children's Hospital had “been involved in at least five cases where a disputed medical diagnosis led to parents either losing custody or being threatened with that extreme measure.”((June 29, 2017 | David Kushner | Rolling Stone | [[https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/the-hacker-who-cared-too-much-196425/|The Hacker Who Cared Too Much]]))

Gottesfeld took action without knowledge of the Pelletier family, attacking the computer systems of the hospital during a major fundraising period.((June 29, 2017 | David Kushner | Rolling Stone | [[https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/the-hacker-who-cared-too-much-196425/|The Hacker Who Cared Too Much]])) He was sentenced to 121 months in prison and over $400,000 in fines under the [[Computer Fraud and Abuse Act]] (CFAA), a [[Ronald Reagan|Reagan]]-era law that was used against [[Aaron Swartz]].