Microsoft Warns Of Potential Attacks

Worse still, once a password has been identified it can open up new vulnerabilities, as the user may deploy the same arrangement of letters and numbers for other accounts, so a hacker may access other accounts and applications too.

However, while wise users will adopt some fairly obscure passwords that would be hard to guess in the first place, the fact remains that Adobe's technology was found wanting in the first instance. It therefore remains as true in this case as that of the possible Microsoft hacking victims that storing data remotely can help ensure better data security.