A Disney World worker who was fired in June was detained last week and charged with hacking into the restaurant technology that used to fabricate false information about specific food items.
Michael James Scheuer, 39, of Winter Garden, was a list generation director for Disney before he was terminated for wrongdoing, according to the legal complaint filed in U. Middle District of Florida’s U.S. District Court. According to the problem, the firing was controversial and inappropriate.
His arrest on October 23 came after an FBI investigation revealed that he had repeatedly violated the company’s technology. He is accused of engaging in computer-related fraud, according to the problem. Tuesday’s bond hearing at the national court in Orlando is scheduled for him.
Although the problem does not specifically discuss Disney World, Scheuer’s attorney, David Haas, claimed in a speech to the Orlando Sentinel that Scheuer was employed there and that his disability had an impact on his dismissal.
According to Haas, Disney “failed to reply to his questions about why he was initially suspended before being fired without giving an explanation or accommodation.” ” He immediately filed an EEOC problem. No one was hurt or harmed by any restaurant changes, according to the legal claims.
” I look forward to actively presenting my employer’s side of the story.”
The problem said Scheuer altered recipes using Disney’s Menu Creator technology. It was created especially for the business and the selections of the cafes it owns and runs in Florida.
The issue claimed that he changed charges, added vulgarity, and replaced the restaurant software’s font with one that depicted characters known as wingdings in addition to altering allergen data. He also modified the QR codes on menus to direct visitors to a site that lists Jewish businesses and those with major business there for boycott-related reasons.
Although Disney was still working to determine all of the altered menus, the issue claimed that it was believed they were isolated before they could be distributed to franchises. Scheuer’s alleged actions are estimated to have caused at least$ 150, 000 in damages.
Scheuer even denial-of-service problems that forced about 14 Disney people, including those who were involved in his fire and former employees, out of their records. The balances would switch once too many unsuccessful login efforts, and he used a text to launch automated attempts totaling over 100,000.
After an internal research, Disney flagged him to the FBI as a possible suspect. In September, the agency conducted a search warrant at Scheuer’s house and seized a number of his electric devices. He denied being a part of the cyberattacks and claimed that the business was attempting to body him because it was concerned about him and the circumstances surrounding his dismissal, according to the problem.
Scheuer’s involvement in one of his private tools, including a virtual private network he used to conceal his net personality in a number of the hackings, was discovered by the FBI.
The company also discovered he’d collected private information about four people targeted in the attacks — including telephone numbers, email addresses, real names, family members and friends.
According to the complaint, Scheuer entered the house after being searched and then proceeded to one of the people ‘ homes soon before 11 p.m., went to the front door, gave a thumbs up to the Ring doorbell camera, and then left. The individual left his house and was staying at a hotel as a result of his behavior.
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