Right so they're politicians, safe to assume they all used their last name, their wife's maiden name, or their dog's name as passwords and they wonder how they got pwned?
Just like most people in their position, the minute the IT lacky said they needed a password with min 10 chars, one upper case, one number and a symbol they boomed, "Do you know who I am?! I haven't got time to remember all that. Now make it simple or else!".