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title: Oswego Man Pleads Guilty to Hacking Hundreds of Women's Snapchats for Nude Photos
description: Kyle Svara pleads guilty to hacking Snapchat, stealing and selling nude photos of women. Faces over 20 years for identity and computer fraud.
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# Oswego Man Pleads Guilty to Hacking Hundreds of Women's Snapchats for Nude Photos

Kyle Svara pleads guilty to hacking Snapchat, stealing and selling nude photos of women. Faces over 20 years for identity and computer fraud.

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Kyle Svara, 27, of Oswego, Illinois, pleaded guilty in Boston federal court to hacking women's Snapchat accounts to steal and sell nude photos. Between May 2020 and February 2021, Svara impersonated Snapchat employees to trick over 4,500 women into sharing access codes. He successfully breached 570 accounts and downloaded explicit images from 59 of them. Svara then sold or traded these stolen photos on internet forums, including to former Northeastern University track coach Steve Waithe, who had hired him to target female student athletes. Waithe was already sentenced to five years in prison for related crimes. Svara faces over 20 years behind bars for charges including identity theft, wire fraud, and computer fraud. **Source:** [CBS Chicago](https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/oswego-man-pleads-guilty-hacking-snapchat-steal-sell-nude-photos/)

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