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A fired Disney employee allegedly hacked into the company’s system to change allergen information on menus

A fired Disney employee allegedly hacked into 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 using false information.

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

Disney is not named in the complaint, but a lawyer representing the suspect in the case confirmed to CNN that Disney is involved.

The complaint says Scheuer was a menu production manager at Disney but was fired in June for misconduct.

Scheuer is also accused of using a bot to attempt more than 100,000 logins to the accounts of at least 14 Disney employees, effectively blocking their access to the system.

Scheuer denied any allegations and stated that Disney was “trying to frame him.”

Scheuer’s lawyer claims his client suffers from a “mental disability” that caused a panic attack at work that led to his dismissal.

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