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By: Bogdan Popa, Security and Search Engines Editor

Is there anything more dangerous than using the same password for multiple services, say, Gmail, Yahoo Messenger, bank account and e-mail, and get hacked? Well, I do not think that is because it only takes a second before you will not lose your e-mail address and you money. And what's worse, is that most people have the same password for a number of services, after a study conducted by Accenture, their share of nearly 50 points.

According to Associated Press Accenture, has made the study with the help of 800 respondents, access to the web more than twice a week and carry out all activities other than checking e-mail.

"There is a lot of confusion there - a lot of people do not think that there is a problem. Tam was still warm head in the sand-on the situation:" My identity has not been stolen. I do not know anyone who had their identities stolen. So this should not be happening, "Robert Dyson of Accenture comments on the AP.

The main reason for using the same password for multiple services is that most people are afraid that they might forget the secret combinations, as it seems that they are just trying to make their lives easier. But, as I said, all the hacker needs only a second break into one of the account, and then to gain access to all services. According to the study, 70 per cent of respondents living in the UK admitted that they did not write their passwords, which, again, explains the fact that they are using the same password for all your accounts.

A few days ago, security researchers were able to show that Microsoft Live Hotmail in CAPTCHA may be broken in about 6 seconds. As you know, an on-line account can be used for a wide range of products, in addition to Hotmail, in the event that a hacker breaks in the mailbox, he also gets access to other services.