It looks like there has been a security breach in some Hotmail accounts where some passwords were posted online, I think, but this also includes some Gmail, Yahoo, Comcast, Earthlink, AOL, and possibly others too.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... nline.html
This is scary!
I have already changed some of my passwords just to be safe. If there is such a thing as "safe" any more.