There's another possibility to those suggested (a Trojan or a fake
web page) to how people's passphrases might have been compromised. A
lot of people probably keep a file somewhere on their PC
called 'passwords', or even use one of those programs MS and others
offer to 'remember' all your passwords.
Anyone doing so is a fool, as it is analagous to keeping a piece of
paper with your PIN number in your wallet with your card. If someone
accesses your PC remotely whiel you are online, and there are
programs such as BackOrifice which allow this, they can simply search
for phrases such as 'E-gold' and 'Password'.
While it might not matter enormously if people find out passwords to
your favourite porn sites, your geocities page or your Yahoo Clubs,
passwords to your e-gold, stockbroker or online bank are obviously
far more lucrative for them.
The solution is obvious, don't put your password anywhere someone
could find it if they had access to your PC. Don't cleverly write it
backwards, or disguise it as a phone number or whatever it is people
usually do.
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