A former Walt Disney World worker has been arrested following an investigation by the FBI alleging he hacked servers after being fired from the park and altered menus with profane and dangerous content.
According to a federal criminal complaint obtained by ABC News, the former employee was fired last June from his job as a menu production manager in what authorities say was a "contentious and not considered to be amicable" termination. Among his job duties were creating and publishing menus for all of the company's restaurants.
The complaint details how the defendant allegedly changed the menus to include language that wasn't family-friendly and altered the allergen information to wrongly declare some items as safe. Disney was able to catch the changes before they were shipped to restaurants. If successful, the act could've resulted in "potentially fatal consequences depending on the severity of the customers' allergies," the complaint said. The man became a suspect because only someone in his position at the company "would have the accesses and knowledge to carry out the attacks."
The ex-employee denied any wrongdoing after an FBI search of his house last month. His attorney, David Haas, said Oct. 31 that his client would plead not guilty after authorities file a formal indictment. He remains in jail until his bond hearing set next week.
