Former Disney Cast Member Sentenced to Prison for Hacking Company's Allergy Menu System

Former Disney Cast Member Sentenced to Prison for Hacking Company’s Allergy Menu System


Former Walt Disney World Cast Member Michael Scheuer was sentenced to prison after hacking the company’s internal allergy menu system and changing critical safety information about food served at the resort.

Scheuer was sentenced to three years in federal prison on Wednesday, after pleading guilty in January to knowingly dispatching unapproved commands to a protected computer and committing aggravated identity misuse, according to a report by That Park Place.

U.S. District Judge Julie Sneed also ordered the former Disney Cast Member to forfeit his computer equipment and pay $687,776.50 in restitution to victims.

Scheuer was fired from Disney in June 2024, but had retained access to the company’s internal menu system on his personal devices for months following his termination, federal filings reveal.

During that time, the former

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