When it comes to online passwords, I've always tried to pick memorably unique words that have a personal meaning. Not that I feel any more insulated choosing some obscure, three-syllable adverb (which I haven't) because it seems that not a day goes by where I'm not asked to change my login because of a potential security threat.

Monsanto is not exactly the darling of the biotech world, so it's eminently possible that people will take its recent data breach as a good thing. An unknown assailant or assailants hacked into the client database of Monsanto subsidiary Precision Planting, potentially compromising 1,300 accounts that include names, addresses and - much worse - tax IDs, Social Security numbers and financial information.