AUTHOR’S NOTE:

According to a new analysis, one out of every five Web users still decides to leave the equivalent of a key under the doormat: they choose a simple, easily guessed password like “abc123″, “iloveyou” or even “password” to protect their data.

This suggests that hackers could easily break into many accounts just by trying the most common passwords. Because of the prevalence of fast computers & speedy networks, hackers can fire off thousands of password guesses a minute!