Illinois man charged with hacking into 600 women’s Snapchat – The Boston Globe

An Illinois man has been charged with hacking into the Snapchat accounts of nearly 600 women in order to steal their nude photos and sell them online, including to a former Northeastern University track coach, prosecutors announced Wednesday. Kyle Svara, 26, of Oswego, Ill., faces federal counts of aggravated identity theft, wire fraud, computer fraud, conspiracy, and false statements related to child pornography, U.S. District Attorney Leah B. Foley’s office said in a statement. Svara allegedly manipulated victims into sharing their emails, phone numbers, and Snapchat usernames, which he used to access their accounts, the statement said. When the hacking triggered Snapchat to send security codes to affected users, he used an anonymous phone number to text them, posing as a Snap Inc. representative and asking for the codes. Approximately 570 women complied, and Svara was able to access the accounts of at least 59 of them, according to the statement. Svara then downloaded the women’s nude or semi-nude photos in order to sell or trade them online. In some cases, he had been hired by other users, such as former Northeastern track coach Steve Waithe, to steal the photos of specific women they knew or had relationships with. Waithe
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