US women targeted, hacked by Texas cyberstalker on social media apps


Cardona Jr, 21, hacked into the Snapchat accounts of at least 15 young women, stole their intimate photos and videos, then reached out to his victims on social media platforms like Instagram and ‘demanded that they ‘apologise’, or he would publicly release the content’, according to the federal government office. — Unsplash

US federal officials are searching for more potential victims of a Texas man who recently pled guilty to cyberstalking women for almost three years in Colorado, Texas and Arizona.

Hugo Iram Cardona Jr, 21, used a scheme involving two-factor authentication – an electronic authentication method – to hack into the Snapchat accounts of at least 15 young women, then steal their intimate photos and videos, the US Attorney’s Office in the Western District of Texas reports.

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