Man hacked Snapchat accounts to steal and sell nude photos of women, US feds say


He accessed their accounts by posing as a Snapchat representative and convincing users to reset their passwords and send him the verification codes. — Unsplash

A Pennsylvania man was sentenced to prison after officials say he hacked into dozens of Snapchat accounts to steal then sell the victims’ nude photos.

It happened between February 2020 and February 2022, according to a Jan 19 news release from the US Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania.

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