AOL Instant Messenger is hacked

Three 17-year-olds take credit for inserting pornographic images into America Online’s widely used chat service. Users of the latest version of AOL's Instant Messenger (AIM) software started encountering an unpleasant surprise on Saturday morning: At least three crackers -- malicious hackers -- began inserting pornographic images into "AIM Today" and vandalizing content on at least four screens of the chat software. Since last August, users…