Former Disney employee sentenced to 3 years for hacking menus to remove allergy information, add profanities

A justice sentenced a erstwhile Disney World worker to 3 years successful situation aft helium hacked into the park's paper strategy to region peanut allergy information, adhd profanities and alteration fonts.

Michael Scheuer, 40, of Winter Garden, Florida, volition service 3 years successful national situation and indispensable forfeit his computers and wage $687,776.50 successful restitution to the victims, according to Fox 35.

Scheuer pleaded blameworthy to the charges successful January.

He had worked arsenic a paper accumulation manager for Disney and was liable for the instauration and organisation of each edifice menus, including the integer menus, Fox 35 reported. He was terminated connected June 13, 2024.

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Michael Scheuer, 40, volition service 3 years successful national situation and indispensable forfeit his computers and wage $687,776.50 successful restitution to the victims. (Orange County Sheriff's Office)

Scheuer's firing was "contentious and…not considered to beryllium amicable," according to a national complaint, which alleged that Scheuer "made respective paper changes that threatened nationalist wellness and safety," according to the outlet.

The ailment says Scheuer added profanity and changed the pricing of immoderate items connected the menus. It besides says helium sent aggregate log-in requests, which prevented much than a twelve employees from being capable to entree their accounts and systems.

None of his changes made it to printed oregon integer versions of the menu, but the ailment said the damages were successful excess of $150,000.

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Michael Scheuer pleaded blameworthy successful January. (Getty Images)

The FBI raided Scheuer's location connected Sept. 23 and seized astatine slightest 4 computers.

Scheuer initially denied immoderate engagement oregon wrongdoing erstwhile questioned by the FBI, alleging that Disney "was attempting to framework him due to the fact that they were disquieted astir him and the conditions nether which helium was terminated."

Attorney David Haas, who represents Scheuer, said his lawsuit had a disablement that impacted his employment astatine Disney, according to Fox 35.

"He had a aesculapian lawsuit that resulted successful him being suspended," Haas said. "Disney past failed to respond to his inquiries astir wherefore helium was suspended, and past his suspension was inexplicably changed to a termination."

Michael Scheuer was liable for the instauration and organisation of each edifice menus astatine Disney. (iStock)

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"Disney refused to supply a effect arsenic to wherefore helium was fired and made nary accommodations for him," Haas continued. "He subsequently filed an EEOC complaint. I look guardant to vigorously presenting my client’s broadside of the story."

Scheuer was primitively charged with 1 number of knowingly causing the transmission of a program, information, codification oregon bid to a protected machine and intentionally causing harm without authorization successful excess of $5,000.