The Department of Justice accuses Kyle Svara, 26, of downloading pictures from Snapchat and selling or trading them online.

An Illinois man faces federal charges for allegedly hacking the Snapchat accounts of nearly 600 women and stealing nude ...

U.S. prosecutors have charged an Illinois man with orchestrating a phishing operation that allowed him to hack the Snapchat accounts of nearly 600 women to steal private photos and sell them online.

Federal prosecutors say the 26-year-old Illinois man phished access codes from nearly 600 women in an attempt to obtain nude images.

Prosecutors say the scheme involved collecting Snapchat security codes from roughly 570 women, and investigators believe Svara used those codes to access more than 50 accounts without permission. Some ...