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Disney worker who hacked menus gets 3 years in prison

24 points| jseip | 10 months ago |nytimes.com

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mattl|10 months ago

Changing prices and adding profanity is one thing but when you alter the allergens on a menu you put people’s lives at risk.

sega_sai|10 months ago

From the article: "None of the changes, including falsified information about food allergens that could have been harmful to visitors, ever appeared before the public, according to court records."

b8|10 months ago

The restitution seems too high. He probably was fired for going on mat leave as other companies have shown to do and wanted payback. The "unspecified misconduct" firing reason seems weird and they won't expand on it.

IAmBroom|10 months ago

"Probably".

Internet Experts(tm) are also telepaths.

We have no idea, and since his retaliation involved vandalism that could potentially harm bystanders, I'm going to go out on a limb and say... I have no idea why he was fired.

geor9e|10 months ago

Disney is quite famous for its strict allergen handling, to the point where people with deadly allergies who don't trust eating out anywhere else make an exception for Disney restaurants. So, were it not for this mass murder attempt, he probably would have gotten off a lot more lightly for some mischief charges.

shadowgovt|10 months ago

What credentials / access did he use to get into Disney's system after he was terminated?

squiffsquiff|10 months ago

Scheuer allegedly went into action quickly following his termination, and by early July was said to have used his work credentials, which still functioned after his termination, to access the menu creation system Disney contracted another company to create and change all the fonts in the system to wingdings symbols.

https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/30/fired_disney_employee...