Former Disney Employee Admits to Hacking Menu System to Change Allergy Information

pA former Disney employee who was fired for misconduct has admitted to hacking into the companys menu creation software to alter key details including food allergy information that could have been dangerous to customers at the resorts restaurantsppA complaint brought by the Justice Department last year claimed that a man named Michael Scheuer had committed a variety of computer crimes after being fired from the company that he worked at The impacted company wasnt named in the complaint though additional reporting revealed the company to be Disney Now its been reported that Scheuer who formerly worked as the companys Menu Production Manager has reportedly admitted to the computer crimes in question as part of a plea dealppCourt Watch reports that Scheuer has agreed to pay Disney restitution as well as a government fine Scheuers lawyer David Haas reportedly said Mr Scheuer is prepared to accept responsibility for his conduct Unfortunately he has mental health issues that were exacerbated when Disney fired him upon his return from paternity leave Haas added No one was ever at risk of injury and he is deeply remorseful for what happenedppWhen reached for comment by Gizmodo Haas confirmed Court Watchs report while noting that no plea date had yet been set The plea date is the date at which a defendant actually enters a guilty plea after a plea deal has been worked out between the defense attorney and prosecutorppScheuers attacks on the company allegedly took place over a period of three months During that time he manipulated the menus of restaurants owned and operated by Disney the original complaint states The more benign of these attacks involved defacing various menus by changing their font to Wingdings thus rendering them incoherent In other cases Scheuer is said to have interjected profanity into the menus The most serious crimes however involved Scheuers efforts to manipulate allergen information on the menus Scheuer is also accused of conducting denialofservice attacks on the work accounts of several of his former colleaguesppCourt Watch reveals additional details about what Scheuer apparently did based on newly revealed court documentsppScheuer changed the wine regions of alcoholic drinks to locations that had mass shootings Court documents say he in one instance added a swastika to a menu Scheuer also admitted to leaking the link and login he used to change the menus onto the dark webppThankfully none of the restaurant menus that Scheuer manipulated were ever distributed to venuesppDisney was actually hit with an unrelated wrongful death lawsuit last year after a woman died while dining at a restaurant operated on one of Disneys Florida properties The woman had an allergy to nuts and dairy and she and her husband had been incorrectly told by their waiter that the meal she had ordered could be made without those ingredients The case rose to prominence after Disney attempted to get the case thrown out based on a forced arbitration clause in the couples Disney trial subscription After much outcry Disney announced it would desist from its gross legal strategy and let the lawsuit go to trialpp
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