The password cracking software enigma

I am always banging on about passwords, and how important it is to avoid using stupidly simple and easily breakable ones. But it seems that no matter how good your password construction skills are, in some cases it makes no difference at all. Depending upon where your data is being stored, it can be quickly accessed by anyone. It doesn’t take a master hacker, nor some geek with a home built supercomputer in the bedroom, to break your password protection. All it takes is someone with a few hundred quid to spare and the ‘forensic software’ that it can purchase.