The FBI investigated the Disney World cyberattack after restaurant menus were changed

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 implicated the FBI. 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 the Orlando division of the U.S. District Court. He was arrested on October 23.

“The charges acknowledge that no one was harmed or injured. I look forward to powerfully presenting my client’s side of the story,” said Scheuer’s attorney. David Haassaid in comments to Florida Politics on Wednesday.

Court guardin collaboration with 404 Mediawas the first media outlet to report on the filing in federal court.

According to the criminal complaint, authorities said Scheuer hacked Menu Creator, which is run by a third-party Minnesota company that creates menus used only for Disney World restaurants.

Scheuer worked as a menu production manager until he was fired for misconduct on June 13.

“Scheuers the shooting was controversial and was not considered amicable,” said the complaint, which did not go into detail about the situation.

Over the next three months, Disney became the victim of “multiple computer intrusions into servers associated with the Menu Creator program,” according to the complaint. “Tear had intimately knowledge of the system architecture, menu processing workflow and potential vulnerabilities within the system. Only employees inside Scheuers position or a position similar to Scheuer would have the access and knowledge to carry out the attacks.”

What tipped Disney off was that some fonts in Menu Creator had been changed to wingdings, the font that consisted of symbols.

The changes caused problems in Menu Creator, causing it to temporarily go offline, causing problems for Disney.

Authorities described some menu changes as “benign,” such as sudden differences in prices or profanity. Other changes were more serious and could have endangered people’s health.

“The threat actor has manipulated the allergen information about menus by adding information to some allergen reports that indicated certain menu items were safe for those with a peanut allergy, when fact that they can be fatal to people with peanut allergies,” the complaint states.

The FBI tracked an IP address linked to the cyberattack Scheuers computer on which a private network is installed.

According to the indictment, Scheuer is accused of disrupting the system and attempting more than 100,000 logins.

They confiscated Scheuer’s computers and found a “dox” directory and personally identifying information for the victims of its denial-of-service attacks.

“Namely the multiple incorrect login attempts would cause an account to be locked and thus make the corporate accounts useless until the attacks subside and the passwords disappear can be reset,” the complaint states.

Scheuer said Disney tried to frame him.because they were concerned about him and the circumstances under which he was fired,” the complaint said.

Disney World did not respond to a request for comment on Wednesday. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Florida declined to comment.

Court documents raising public health concerns about food allergies at Disney World are delayed woman died in an unrelated incident of her severe food allergies after eating at a Disney Springs restaurant in 2023.

Florida Politics broke the story that Disney World and an independently owned and operated restaurant Raglan Road Irish pub and restaurant were sued by the widower. The lawsuit led to a wave of international bad publicity for Disney after it tried to force the case through arbitration using the Disney+ and theme park app terms and conditions.

Unfortunately, scams happen even in the most magical place on earth.

In 2018, Disney World’s board of directors fell victim to an email phishing scheme that cost the board $100,000 when an employee sent money to a fake landscaping salesperson who emailed her.

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