Saturday October 11, just hours after Yom Kippur drew to a close, the title bar at keyword "Jewish" changed.

"Glaze and Hex stopped by," it read.

A "hacking" spree affected seven areas, if you believed the warnings scrolled in chatrooms. A user named "JustHacked" ran through chat rooms repeating the same text, over and over again....

JustHacked: Keywords: Steve Case, AOL Live, Reebok, LSI, OnQ, Kidzine, JCOL.

Obviously, a tight-lipped AOL wouldn't be confirming attacks on keywords Steve Case, AOL Live, or the Lifestyles and Interest area. But one of the remaining attacks -- on the "Jewish Community" area -- could be confirmed by calling their publisher.

On Tuesday, October 14, the official authentication came through. "Some hacker apparently got into the system," AOL Watch was told.

That makes #16. Since this spring one content area after another has fallen to invading hordes of password-stealing on-line graffiti artists. You wouldn't think a service with 9 million members wouldn't have this many breaches--but after confirming the attacks, one after another, the conclusion is inescapable. Breaking into AOL's content and changing it is child's play.

It's actually attack #17 if you count "Court TV" last November...

Watch for more details about this week's attack on the AOL Watch mailing list...

Other Recent Hacks

The Hub	(3/31/97)
GameWiz	(4/4/97)
GameWiz (Again!)	(4/25/97)
FTP sites of several AOL employees	(4/26/97 through 4/28/97)
The New York Times	(4/29/97)
AOL Glossary	(5/9/97 through 5/23/97)
Stats Store	(5/17/97 through 5/19/97)
Thrive	(6/12/97 through 6/13/97)
Kids Kicks	(6/19/97 through....)
Fantasy Realm	6/23/97 through....)
Spin magazine	(8/10/97)
Digital Cities San Diego	(8/16/97)
Business Week	(9/18/97)
MoneyWhiz	(9/27/97)
Geraldo Rivera	(10/3/97 through 10/4/97)
Jewish Community	(10/11)

In addition, hackers hit AOL's Court TV area last November.