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FBI investigated Disney World cyberattack after restaurant menus were changed

Posted on October 30, 2024 by Dissent

Gabrielle Russon reports on your latest reminder of the insider threat:

A fired Disney World employee is accused of hacking into an online system and altering Disney World restaurant menus by changing fonts and prices, adding profanity and manipulating the food allergy warnings, according to new federal documents.

The cyberattack caused at least $150,000 in damage and has gotten the FBI involved. Disney printed the wrong menus but realized the mistake in time. The menus were not sent to restaurants or distributed to the public.

A criminal complaint against Michael Scheuer was filed last week in U.S. District Court’s Orlando division. He was arrested on Oct. 23.

Read more at Florida Politics.

Note that this allegedly vengeful former employee also risked public health and safety. By editing the menus to suggest that certain items were safe for people with peanut allergies when they weren’t, he risked people having life-threatening anaphylactic incidents. There is no allegation that anyone was actually harmed or injured, however, as Disney detected the alterations before menus could be sent out to restaurants.

There seems to be a lot more to this case, as the affidavit in support of the complaint refers to DDoS attacks and Scheuer allegedly “doxing” his victims.

DataBreaches reminds readers that a complaint is just unproven allegations at this point.

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