When I was a kid, my dad had a large outdoor vacuum. A small business owner, he used it to remove leaves and other stuff from the parking lot behind the business.

One day we were in the garage after he’d swept the lot. Curious if the engine would be hot, I extended my hand toward the vacuum’s carburetor.

He told me not to touch it.

Of course, I touched it, and, MAN, it was HOT! The burn took days to stop throbbing.

The people responsible for security at the Louvre Museum in Paris were similarly warned. And now they’re getting roasted in part because they failed to heed the warnings of security experts.

Their burn, in the form of incredibly lax password security, was exposed when thieves made off with eight pieces of jewelry worth more than $100 million in a brazen daylight heist.

How comical were the passwords, you ask?

You Can’t Make This Stuff Up

On Oct. 19, 2025, thieves disguised as construction workers used a furniture lift to reach a first-floor balcony at the Louvre. In less than four minutes, they used a disc cutter to break through a glass window, smashed two display cases containing the jewels, then got away on motor scooters.

The theft stunned the world. It led news coverage for days.

After the crime, as officials called for a thorough review of the museum’s security protocols, prominent French newspaper Libération received leaked security documents. It later published details including two system passwords which had been in use at the Louvre:

• LOUVRE: The password needed to access the server which managed the museum’s video surveillance system
• THALES: The password which controlled access to the museum’s cybersecurity software provided by the company of the same name.

Zoinks.

Two key components safeguarding access to an irreplaceable art collection worth $38 billion were names you or I could have guessed in 10 seconds.

But don’t laugh.

Although security experts aren’t sure if the thieves used those passwords, if you store passwords on Post-it Notes or keep them in an Excel spreadsheet, you’re as exposed as the Louvre or your neighbor using their dog’s name as the password for their WiFi router.

Criminally Simple Password Practices

According to Security.org’s October 2024 survey,, only 36% of U.S. adults used a password manager. In other words, almost two of every three grownups trust their online data to memorization, a note on their computer, or even writing them down on paper.

If you’re in that group, don’t beat yourself up. With the holidays looming and not enough hours in the day, lean on me to help you figure this out because it’s tough to start using a password manager.

Why?

I think there are two reasons.

First, change is hard. Starting to use a password manager involves making a conscious decision to access every account differently than you do today. For many, that switching cost is too high to pay.

Second, password managers are not always easy to use. They involve installing new apps and browser extensions, figuring that all out by yourself, then taking your current usernames and passwords and putting them in the new system.

It’s overwhelming.

And now you have a better way to tackle this challenge; me.

How Will I Help You?

Because setting up a new password manager can be so daunting, I’ll walk you through it one step at a time. From beginning to end, you won’t be alone.

After we work together for 90 minutes, you’ll have a new system in place as well as a new handle on your digital security. Better yet, you can count on a month of support after our conversation to make sure you’re sticking with your commitment to better protect your bank accounts, your email accounts, and everything you access online.

Don’t get burned by hackers. Check out my password manager service page today for complete details, and let’s protect what you hold most dear.