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"Since the dawn of the information age, we've bought into the idea that a password, so long as it's elaborate enough, is an adequate means of protecting all this precious data. But in 2012 that's a fallacy, a fantasy, an outdated sales pitch. And anyone who still mouths it is a sucker-or someone who takes you for one."

An unexpected place for passwords to appear...

Seriously, folks, you need better passwords.

"we have discovered that certain celebrity accounts were compromised by a very targeted attack on user names, passwords and security questions"

interesting read about how dangerous a hack could be

This article discusses the recent cloud hacks and security questions in general.