Person

Martin Gottesfeld

person:martin_gottesfeld Also: Martin

Massachusetts man identified by the FBI as owning the YouTube and Twitter accounts associated with the campaign and later convicted in the case.

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Direction Predicate Other entity Origin EP
outgoing USES distributed denial-of-service attack Attributed 14
incoming ATTRIBUTED_TO Boston Children’s Hospital network attack Uncertain 14
incoming ASSOCIATED_WITH Free Marty G Explicit 14

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Boston Children’s Hospital network attack ATTRIBUTED_TO Martin Gottesfeld

Jack says the evidence suggests Martin Gottesfeld started the campaign and waged the attacks himself, while noting that the courts would decide the issue.

Uncertain Confidence 88% · Jack Rhysider EP 14 Details

“it seems like Martin was the person who started this campaign and waged the attacks himself. But the courts will ultimately decide that.”

Jack Rhysider · offsets 20157–20294

Martin Gottesfeld USES distributed denial-of-service attack

In a letter attributed to Martin Gottesfeld, he said he coded and ran the attack that took down the hospital’s donations page; the surrounding episode identifies that attack as a DDoS campaign.

Attributed Confidence 90% · Jack Rhysider EP 14 Details

“I coded around the clock for two weeks to perfect the attack.”

Jack Rhysider · offsets 19286–19347

“Boston Children’s Hospital’s donations page went down.”

Jack Rhysider · offsets 19576–19630

Free Marty G ASSOCIATED_WITH Martin Gottesfeld

The Free Marty G campaign was established in support of Martin Gottesfeld while he was jailed awaiting trial.

Explicit Confidence 98% · Jack Rhysider EP 14 Details

“Martin’s wife has set up a campaign called Free Marty G”