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BOSTON, MAS. — An Oswego man has pleaded guilty in a Snapchat hacking scheme in federal court in Boston. Twenty-seven-year-old Kyle Svara pleaded guilty to aggravated identity theft, wire fraud, ...

A 32-year-old man from La Center was sentenced to 10 years in prison Friday for a scheme to access private photos by posing as tech support to hack accounts on Snapchat, a social media app. Dylan Rex ...

The Snapchat hacking investigation involving an Illinois man accused of stealing and selling private images of hundreds of women is not just another cybercrime case, it is a reminder of how easily ...

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 ...

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An Illinois man has pleaded guilty to targeting nearly 600 Snapchat accounts through phishing messages as part of an effort to steal nude and semi-nude images from female student athletes. Kyle Svara, ...

A 27-year-old Illinois man pleaded guilty to several charges related to a campaign of hacks involving the Snapchat accounts of about 600 women. Kyle Svara of Oswego, Illinois is facing decades in ...