A former Walt Disney World employee has been arrested following an FBI investigation into allegations that he hacked servers and replaced menus with abusive and dangerous content after he was fired from the park.
According to a federal criminal complaint obtained by ABC NewsThe former employee was fired last June from her job as a menu production manager in what authorities said was a “controversial and unfriendly” termination. His duties included creating and publishing menus for all of the company's restaurants.
The complaint details how the defendant allegedly altered menus to include unfamily-friendly language and altered allergen information to falsely declare some items as unsafe. Disney was able to catch the changes before they were sent to restaurants. If successful, the action could lead to “potentially fatal consequences depending on the severity of customers' allergies,” the complaint said. The man became a suspect simply because someone in his position at the company “could have had the access and knowledge to carry out the attacks.”
The former employee denied any wrongdoing following an FBI search of his home last month. His attorney, David Haas, said on Oct. 31 that his client would not plead guilty after authorities filed a formal indictment. He will remain in jail until a bail hearing next week.
