Comment by Barrin92

>but the reality was that he wrote his password on a Post-It note and stuck it on his monitor

that doesn't change the hacking charge (which is an informal term for various Computer Fraud and Abuse act statutes). The key criteria is unauthorized access to a computer system, it doesn't matter if you obtained a password trivially or not.

You don't need to wear a black hoodie and be an elite haxor to qualify for cyber crime charges.