Security News > 2022 > October > Student jailed for hacking female classmates’ email, Snapchat accounts
On Thursday, a Puerto Rico judge sentenced a former University of Puerto Rico student to 13 months in prison for hacking over a dozen email and Snapchat accounts of female colleagues.
Besides targeting dozens of student email accounts, he successfully hacked into multiple university email accounts and collected personal information in spoofing and phishing attacks.
Between 2019 and 2021, Santell-Velázquez hacked several female students' Snapchat accounts and stole nude photos that later ended up online after he shared them with others.
In at least one instance, he used nude images stolen from one of his victim's Snapchat accounts to harass her via text messages.
The plea agreement says that, in total, Santell-Velázquez's victim list includes 15 University of Puerto Rico female students.
In June, a California man who hacked thousands of Apple iCloud accounts was imprisoned for 8 years after pleading guilty to conspiracy and computer fraud.