If you write your password down, a 9 year old can, and will, steal it

In Fairfax County Virginia, school officials recently discovered unauthorized access to their online Blackboard system. They contacted the local police, and after some investigation, they discovered that the culprit was a 9 year old student.

But this wasn’t a case of a child prodigy hacking into a computer system. Instead, it was a case of a teacher writing down their password and keeping it on their desk.

The lesson to be learned here: don’t write your passwords down because even a 9 year old can use it against you.

Mitto gives you a safe and easy way to manage all of your passwords so that you’ll never need to write them down. You can read more about 4 Common and Dangerous Password Habits to avoid from one of our earlier blog posts.