On April 19 2003, Madonna.com was hacked by some “fans” that didn’t agree with her anti-download policy.
Madonna’s official website was hacked and replaced by a page with links to download the complete American Life album as well as some remixes. The hack occurred only days after Madonna tried to combat illegal trading of songs from her American Life album, by flooding the Internet with fake MP3s.
The hacker defaced the homepage with the words, “This is what the fuck I think I’m doing” — a response to MP3s circulated to confuse file traders that included only a tape-looped message from Madonna herself saying, “What the fuck do you think you’re doing?” MP3s of every song from American Life were posted along with the hackers’ message.
Madonna.com was taken offline for an nearly fifteen hours after the hack.


To this day, I still feel American Life as Madonna’s creative low point and nadir!
I feel like American Life is severely underrated. It’s got so many great songs that don’t get the credit they deserve because the controversy of the “American Life” video overshadowed them. I love that M’s body of work is so vast that there is truly something for everyone.
X-static Process, Intervention, Nothing Fails, Easy Ride, Mother and Father are some of my favorite M songs.