Overview
- Michael Scheuer, a former Disney menu manager, was sentenced to three years in federal prison and ordered to pay nearly $688,000 in restitution.
- Scheuer pled guilty to computer fraud and aggravated identity theft after repeatedly hacking Disney’s menu-creation system following his termination in June 2024.
- His malicious changes included falsifying allergen information, altering wine-region listings to reference mass shooting locations, and embedding offensive symbols like swastikas.
- Disney identified and removed all corrupted menus before distribution, taking the system offline to restore backups and mitigate further damage.
- Scheuer also conducted denial-of-service attacks, locking out 14 employee accounts and attempting over 100,000 unauthorized logins, which ceased after the FBI seized his computer.