Someone guessed my eBay password and began listing Rolex Watches.

I was lucky to catch it as it was happening and close the 11 auctions within moments of them being created.

They listed goods worth £26,000 in a matter of moments.

I have ruled out a compromised computer and doubt someone has been un-encrypting my wireless connection to do it either.

No it boils down to an old password that was not strong enough for this day and age.

So put it this way the new password is way, way, way more complex.

So folks I suggest you change your passwords regularly and use complex passwords.

Here are some examples of complex passwords.

• Wwe&nadtd
• w3KfOr3691
• mkrB8g$p

I did some reading up about the state of password cracking and here is what I found.

The time it takes to crack password-protected files has tumbled from a 25-day average to a matter of seconds, thanks to a decades-old code-cracking technique that until recently was not viable.

Link: http://www.smh.com.au/news/security/