--- title: Man gets six years for hacking 750 women's Snapchat accounts description: An Illinois man, Kyle Svara, was sentenced to 76 months in prison for using social engineering and phishing tactics to hack over 750 women's Snapchat accounts... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/man-gets-six-years-for-hacking-750-women-s-snapchat-accounts-kqhkwsac8 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Man gets six years for hacking 750 women's Snapchat accounts | daily.dev og:description: An Illinois man, Kyle Svara, was sentenced to 76 months in prison for using social engineering and phishing tactics to hack over 750 women's Snapchat accounts... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/man-gets-six-years-for-hacking-750-women-s-snapchat-accounts-kqhkwsac8 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/KqhKwsAc8.png og:image:alt: Man gets six years for hacking 750 women's Snapchat accounts og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Man gets six years for hacking 750 women's Snapchat accounts **[BleepingComputer](https://daily.dev/sources/bleepingcomputer)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary An Illinois man, Kyle Svara, was sentenced to 76 months in prison for using social engineering and phishing tactics to hack over 750 women's Snapchat accounts between May 2020 and February 2021. He stole nude photos, locked victims out by enabling two-factor authentication, and traded or sold the stolen images online. Investigators also found approximately 530 images and 600 videos of child sexual abuse material (CSAM) in his cloud storage. He had advertised hacking services on messaging apps and was hired by a former college coach who was separately sentenced to five years for sextortion. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Man gets 30 months for selling thousands of hacked DraftKings accounts](https://daily.dev/posts/man-gets-30-months-for-selling-thousands-of-hacked-draftkings-accounts-qyvyxunxo) · BleepingComputer · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [DraftKings hacker 'Snoopy' sentenced to 18 months in prison](https://daily.dev/posts/draftkings-hacker-snoopy-sentenced-to-18-months-in-prison-cxgj8kyvy) · BleepingComputer · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Member of The Com sent to prison for blackmail, sextortion](https://daily.dev/posts/member-of-the-com-sent-to-prison-for-blackmail-sextortion-rafq4tijq) · BleepingComputer · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#security](https://daily.dev/tags/security), [#phishing](https://daily.dev/tags/phishing), [#snap](https://daily.dev/tags/snap) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/man-gets-six-years-for-hacking-750-women-s-snapchat-accounts-kqhkwsac8) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Man gets six years for hacking 750 women's Snapchat accounts","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/man-gets-six-years-for-hacking-750-women-s-snapchat-accounts-kqhkwsac8","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/man-gets-six-years-for-hacking-750-women-s-snapchat-accounts-kqhkwsac8"},"datePublished":"2026-07-24T11:20:42.083Z","dateModified":"2026-07-24T11:59:21.856Z","description":"An Illinois man, Kyle Svara, was sentenced to 76 months in prison for using social engineering and phishing tactics to hack over 750 women's Snapchat accounts...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/da52d041b58923d19de30f8edbfc16ec?_a=AQAEuop","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/da52d041b58923d19de30f8edbfc16ec?_a=AQAEuop","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"BleepingComputer","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"BleepingComputer","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--as8nJ3qy--/f_auto,q_auto/v1774959951/logos/bleepingcomputer?_a=BAMAMiWQ0","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/bleepingcomputer"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/man-gets-six-years-for-hacking-750-women-s-snapchat-accounts-kqhkwsac8","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"security,phishing,snap","timeRequired":"PT3M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"BleepingComputer","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/bleepingcomputer"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Man gets six years for hacking 750 women's Snapchat accounts"}]} ```