US EditionLouvre Used ‘Louvre’ as Password Before €88 Million Jewel Heist: Report
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Following the film-length robbery of the Louvre Museum in Paris, more and more information is coming to light about the security flaws of this world-famous building. French media reports that numerous audits have been carried out in recent years, which even revealed more than a decade ago how the Louvre's security systems could be hacked. The museum used "very weak passwords", so to access the video surveillance, one only had to type "Louvre", t…
Finally, Louvre's theft was an anaedote, starting soon by the word-pass that disabled the security system: LOUVERE.
That the Louvre's security was inadequate was already apparent in the aftermath of the theft of the French crown jewels a few weeks earlier. But an investigation by the French newspaper Liberation reveals that security had been grossly inadequate for years.
Password "Louvre": a Naked Investigation Serious Security Flaws that Allowed the Theft of the Museum
A report had already revealed in 2014 that outdated software was used and the keys were weak.The errors that made possible the unprecedented assault of October 19 on the most visited museum in France.
Libération investigated the flaws in the computer security of the Louvre. The media was able to access documents, but also confidential audits and tenders. ...
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