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Oswego man pleads guilty in Boston federal court to hacking Snapchat accounts to steal …

An Oswego man recently pleaded guilty in a federal court in Boston to phishing the Snapchat access codes of nearly 600 women in an attempt to hack their Snapchat accounts and steal nude photos, which he kept, sold, or traded on the internet. Kyle Svara, 27, pleaded guilty on Feb. 4 to aggravated identity theft, wire fraud, computer fraud, conspiracy to commit computer fraud and false statements related to child pornography, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Boston. Sentencing is set for May 18. Svara was charged in December 2025. From at least May 2020 to February 2021, Svara used social engineering and other resources to collect victim emails, phone numbers and/or Snapchat usernames, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office. He posed as a representative of Snap Inc. and texted more than 4,500 victims requesting their Snapchat access codes, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said. When approximately 570 women provided those codes, Svara accessed the Snapchat accounts of at least 59 women without permission and downloaded their nude or semi-nude images, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said. Once he had the stolen images, Svara sold or traded them on internet forums or in transactions with others who had hired him to

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Rochester Man Sent to Prison For Role in Fatal Drug Overdose – KDHL Radio

Rochester Man Sent to Prison For Role in Fatal Drug Overdose Minnesota Department of Corrections photo Rochester, MN (KROC-AM News) - A Rochester man has been sent to prison for a conviction connected to a fatal drug overdose in Rochester. The criminal case dates back to June 2021, when Rochester police began investigating the death of a woman from a heroin overdose. The criminal complaint against 47-year-old Sean Alexander alleged that the he sold the overdose victim the drugs that led to her death. Snapchat Video The court document says investigators learned through interviews and social media messages that the overdose victim met with Alexander the night before her death at the Oak Terrace Mobile Home Park in southeast Rochester. A friend of the victim told police she received a Snapchat video call from the victim during which the victim was seen using drugs on camera and appeared to be nodding in and out of consciousness. Popular Smart Phone Apps Of 2016 (Photo by Carl Court/Getty Images) loading... Text Message The criminal complaint says a police informant reported that Alexander transported the victim to St. Marys Hospital after she exhibited signs of medical distress. The informant also told police about receiving

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Elementary school teacher accused of receiving explicit photos of teen over Snapchat

MADISON, Wis. (WMTV/Gray News) - An elementary school teacher in Wisconsin has been arrested and is on leave amid an investigation into possession of child pornography. Authorities said an investigation involving David Fawcett, 58, began after the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children contacted police in Melissa, Texas, about a 15-year-old girl sending explicit photos online. Police traced one recipient, a Snapchat account, to an IP address in Madison that belonged to Fawcett. Officers then obtained a search warrant for his home. The warrant details explicit messages between the accounts, including eight nude photos and videos of the minor and messages instructing her to perform sexual acts on and off camera; both parties acknowledged the illegal age gap. Fawcett’s alleged account also asked the girl about school and what she was wearing, and told her to pay attention in class, according to the warrant. Additionally, the search warrant referred to a 2022 case involving Fawcett. It said a detective responding to an NCMEC tip from TikTok spoke to Fawcett as part of the investigation. Fawcett is a STEM teacher in the Reach Program at Nuestro Mundo Elementary. The 58-year-old has been licensed to teach for more than 25 years

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Illinois man pleads guilty to hacking Snapchat accounts to obtain nude photographs

Listen to the article An Illinois man has pleaded guilty to federal charges after he admitted to conducting a phishing scheme targeting hundreds of women on Snapchat to steal their intimate photos. Kyle Svara, 26, entered his guilty plea in federal court in Boston on Wednesday, acknowledging his role in hacking Snapchat accounts through social engineering tactics that compromised the privacy of nearly 600 women. According to prosecutors, Svara carried out the Snapchat phishing scheme between May 2020 and February 2021. He pleaded guilty to charges including computer fraud and aggravated identity theft, with prosecutors agreeing to recommend a three-year prison sentence when he faces sentencing on May 18. How the Snapchat Hacking Operation Worked Prosecutors revealed that Svara used sophisticated social engineering techniques to trick women into providing their login credentials. He sent messages to victims claiming to be from Snapchat support and requested their security authentication codes, successfully bypassing the platform’s security measures. According to charging documents, Svara collected security codes from 571 women through these deceptive messages. He ultimately gained unauthorized access to the accounts of at least 59 women, downloading their nude or semi-nude photographs without consent. The scope of the operation extended beyond personal use.

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EU asks TikTok to change ‘addictive design’, Snapchat next on radar – TRT World

The European Commission has said that TikTok was in breach of the bloc's Digital Services Act (DSA) due to its addictive design; warning features such as infinite scroll, autoplay, push notifications, and highly personalised recommender systems pose serious risks, particularly to minors. The commission's preliminary investigation indicates that TikTok did not adequately assess the impact of these features on the physical and mental well-being of users, including vulnerable adults, according to a statement on Friday. Certain design elements, the commission said, encourage compulsive behaviour by constantly "rewarding" users with new content, shifting their usage into a so-called "autopilot mode." At this stage, the EU is calling on TikTok to change the basic design of its service, including disabling addictive features such as infinite scroll, implementing effective screen-time breaks, and adapting its recommender system. European Commission spokesperson Thomas Regnier told reporters in Brussels that data show TikTok is the most-used platform after midnight among children aged 13 to 18 in the bloc, with 7 percent of children aged 12 to 15 spending four to five hours daily on the app. "These (TikTok's) features lead to the compulsive use of the app, especially for our kids, and this poses major risks to

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Man pleads guilty to hacking nearly 600 women’s Snapchat accounts – Bleeping Computer

An Illinois man pleaded guilty to hacking nearly 600 women's Snapchat accounts to steal nude photos that he kept, sold, or traded online, including accounts he compromised at the request of a former university track coach who was later convicted of sextortion. 26-year-old defendant Kyle Svara admitted in federal court in Boston to phishing access codes from hundreds of victims between May 2020 and February 2021, and accessed at least 59 Snapchat accounts without permission to download private photos. According to court documents, Svara used social engineering tactics to obtain victims' emails, phone numbers, and Snapchat usernames, then texted more than 4,500 targets requesting access codes while impersonating Snap representatives. Using these tactics, he successfully harvested credentials from roughly 570 victims and accessed at least 59 accounts without permission to steal compromising images. Svara advertised his "services" on multiple online platforms, trading stolen content, offering to "get into girls snap accounts" for clients, and asking potential clients to contact him through the encrypted messaging app Kik. One of his clients, former Northeastern University track and field coach Steve Waithe, hired Svara to hack Snapchat accounts of students at Northeastern and members of the women's track and field and soccer teams.

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