Password on a sticky note

Story:

An employee wrote down his password on a sticky note and stuck it to the monitor. An outsider used it to break into the system. The logs indicated that the person whose password was used was responsible for the damage.

Tips:

• Never write down your passwords in easily accessible places.
• Use a password manager.
• Create strong and unique passwords

Read true stories related to the slogans written on the sticky note:

• The password to the Hawaii security system was written down… on a piece of paper
• Prime Minister Tusk’s schoolboy mistake – login and password written on a piece of paper