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Fired Disney employee allegedly hacked the company’s system to change allergen information on menus

Fired Disney employee allegedly hacked the company’s system to change allergen information on menus

(CNN) – A former Disney employee is accused of hacking into the company’s servers to change menus with false information.

According to a federal criminal complaint filed in Florida, Michael Scheuer falsified allergen information and printed profane language.

Disney is not named in the complaint, but an attorney representing the suspect in the case confirmed to CNN that Disney is the company involved.

According to the complaint, Scheuer was a menu production manager for Disney but was fired in June for misconduct.

Scheuer is also accused of using a bot to perform more than 100,000 logins to the accounts of at least 14 Disney employees, effectively locking them out of the system.

Scheuer denied any wrongdoing and said Disney “tried to frame him.”

Scheuer’s attorney says his client has a “mental health disability” that caused a panic attack at work that led to his firing.

The complaint alleges that Scheuer’s months-long cyberattack cost Disney at least $150,000.