BOSTON – A Somerville man accused of wreaking havoc after hacking into a local hospital's computer network turned up in a sailboat off the coast of Cuba Tuesday, where his craft had foundered, federal prosecutors said Wednesday.
Martin Gottesfeld, 31, faces a single criminal conspiracy charge for disrupting the unidentified medical center's information system in 2014, according to a statement Wednesday from the U.S. Attorney's office in Boston. It said Gottesfeld, acting in the name of the notorious international hacktivist group Anonymous, hoped to affect a then-ongoing and heavily publicized custody battle involving the state over a teenage patient at the unnamed hospital.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Concerted Republican opposition to considering President Barack Obama's pick for the Supreme Court showed early signs of splintering on Wednesday as a handful of influential senators opened the door to a possible confirmation hearing. One Republican even suggested the president should nominate a candidate from his state.
Texas Sen. John Cornyn, the No. 2 Republican in the Senate, did not rule out a committee hearing on Obama's forthcoming nominee to replace the late Justice Antonin Scalia. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, went a step further and said she'd support such a move.
