Santa Clarita man pleads guilty to hacking Disney employee’s computer

A Santa Clarita man pleaded guilty Wednesday to hacking the personal computer of an employee of the Walt Disney Co. last year in order to illegally download confidential data from the Burbank-based company.

Ryan Mitchell Kramer, 25, entered a plea in downtown Los Angeles to federal counts of accessing a computer and obtaining information, and threatening to damage a protected computer. The charges each carry a sentence of up to five years in federal prison, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.