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Illinois Man Charged with Hacking Snapchat Accounts to Steal Nude Photos

Illinois prosecutors have charged 26‑year‑old Kyle Svara with a large‑scale phishing scheme that compromised roughly 570 Snapchat accounts, stealing private photos from nearly 600 women. Between May 2020 and February 2021 he impersonated Snap representatives, texting over 4,500 targets to obtain access codes and then downloaded compromising images. Svara advertised his services on Reddit and other platforms, even working for a former university coach who targeted student athletes. He now faces aggravated identity theft, wire fraud, computer fraud and false‑statement charges, with potential sentences totaling decades in federal prison.