Fired Employee Allegedly Hacked Disney World's Menu System to Alter Peanut Allergy Information (www.404media.co)
from misk@sopuli.xyz to technology@lemmy.world on 30 Oct 20:33
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cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de on 30 Oct 20:41 next collapse

That’s why you disable their account before telling them they’re fired.

Kalkaline@leminal.space on 30 Oct 20:54 next collapse

You mean you don’t give them 2 weeks notice on firing?

roofuskit@lemmy.world on 31 Oct 03:39 next collapse

The US is at will, nobody gives 2 weeks for termination unless maybe it’s a layoff. If a company has grounds to fire you they just fire you. Most will be smart enough to disable accounts before you’re even out the door.

Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee on 31 Oct 06:39 next collapse

Even in locations where you are required to give notice, you can just pay out the notice period.

Broken@lemmy.ml on 01 Nov 14:52 collapse

“Most” is optimistic. I don’t have statistical information proving otherwise, but anecdotally I am not so sure. A big company like Disney with their own team of IT and official policies and this still happened is exhibit A.

Neon@lemmy.world on 31 Oct 07:21 next collapse

No. You give 2 Months.

echodot@feddit.uk on 31 Oct 09:08 collapse

If you’ll find for course you don’t get given notice. If somebody is breaking the rules and being dangerous you don’t want them hanging around for another 2 weeks you want them gone now.

If it’s a layoff then yeah you get notice

jordanlund@lemmy.world on 30 Oct 21:10 next collapse

Doesn’t sound like an account access problem, sounds like a shared password problem.

saltesc@lemmy.world on 30 Oct 21:27 collapse

No, it’s definitely hacking because that makes me a hacker with my friends sports TV subscription 👨‍💻😎

uriel238@lemmy.blahaj.zone on 31 Oct 23:22 collapse

In a company as blue-chip as Disney, the discontinuation of access and privileges and security clearance are indicators of imminent repositioning, likely firing if you’ve engaged in mischief (such as voicing your opinion or comparing salaries).

It’s why you give sweet Christmas presents to the awkward guy in HR and invite him to all your socials. Blow him if he’s into it. He’s your intel source regarding who is in danger of discharge, and if the boss doesn’t like you.

This disgruntled guy had to be lower rank than the mailroom if HR wasn’t given notice, and his access was super low priority. No-one cared.

(Yes, I’m bitter.)

uberdroog@lemmy.world on 30 Oct 21:08 next collapse

Outsourced IT and not all Apps were not AD authenticated, is my guess. It’s probably a request sitting in a queue waiting for SLA.

jordanlund@lemmy.world on 30 Oct 21:11 next collapse

Jesus, if he had only done the allergy thing and not the profanity or wingdings it’s likely nobody would have noticed and people would have died(!)

argh_another_username@lemmy.ca on 30 Oct 21:14 next collapse

If you want to screw with your former employer, screw your former employer. This is criminal.

wewbull@feddit.uk on 30 Oct 21:27 collapse

This sounds like a scapegoat.

HubertManne@moist.catsweat.com on 31 Oct 01:47 collapse

I agree.

DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social on 01 Nov 13:58 collapse

Maybe, but eugenicists exist.

HubertManne@moist.catsweat.com on 01 Nov 15:13 collapse

I also agree that eugenicists exist.

tacosanonymous@lemm.ee on 30 Oct 21:15 next collapse

Is this their attempt to get out of that negligence suit where that person died and they tried to force arbitration from the clause in a free trial of Disney plus?

Zorque@lemmy.world on 30 Oct 21:38 next collapse

Well, as that was a restaurant not managed by Disney, but through an independent pub owner in their public market area… I kind of doubt it.

justOnePersistentKbinPlease@fedia.io on 30 Oct 22:22 next collapse

It should be trivially easy to prove either way.

There will either be records on when it was changed or when it was discovered and fixed.

If there isnt, then it didnt fucking happen and Disney is lying.

Pheonixdown@lemm.ee on 30 Oct 22:24 collapse

Article says the erroneous menus weren’t distributed. So, probably not.

Pheonixdown@lemm.ee on 30 Oct 21:20 collapse

Removing the allergen warning is basically some form of attempted manslaughter.

roofuskit@lemmy.world on 31 Oct 03:38 next collapse

Murder. Firing a gun in a crowd is not manslaughter because you don’t see exactly who you are killing. You know it’s going to kill someone and that’s the goal so it’s murder.

beefbot@lemmy.blahaj.zone on 31 Oct 06:15 collapse

Which Disney apparently sort of did on their own, but now they’re funding news stories about an employee who went rogue ! Ha see Disney isn’t at fault!! Right?! 🙃