Federal authorities have charged a 26-year-old Illinois man in relation to a Snapchat hack that authorities say targeted nearly 600 women and exploited private photos for profit and distribution on internet forums.
According to documents filed in the US District Court in Boston, Kyle Svara of Oswego, Illinois, is accused of orchestrating a sophisticated phishing scheme to access Snapchat accounts by tricking people into handing over security verification codes.
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