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Why you should always offboard outgoing staff: A disgruntled ex-Disney employee targeted former colleagues with DDoS attacks and hacked its menu system to change peanut allergen information

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Summary
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62% Informative

Michael Scheuer faces federal cyber crime charges after being accused of hacking into Disney 's menu system.

Scheuer is accused of using his existing access to alter allergy information on Disney menus to endanger diners.

Disney confirmed that the altered menus were caught before being distributed to guests.

Incident underscores dangers posed by former employees who still have access to corporate networks.

VR Score

57

Informative language

52

Neutral language

71

Article tone

semi-formal

Language

English

Language complexity

67

Offensive language

not offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

Attention-grabbing headline

not detected

Known propaganda techniques

not detected

Time-value

short-lived

Source diversity

1