US EditionPassword to Louvre's CCTV Network Was Recently Just 'LOUVRE'
A 2014 audit revealed the Louvre's CCTV password was 'LOUVRE', reflecting long-standing security neglect amid prioritization of art purchases, with only 432 cameras covering 465 galleries in 2024.
- On Thursday, a 2014 French information security agency report revealed the Louvre museum, France used the CCTV-server password "LOUVRE" and Thales-managed software used "THALES", exposing weak cybersecurity.
- Museum leadership prioritized visible and attractive projects over security work, as recent years' spending emphasized museum acquisitions and renovation programmes rather than timely security upgrades.
- Inside minutes, the thieves scaled the Louvre's outside wall, broke through a window, and took nine historic jewellery pieces after alarms sounded only after entry.
- French President Emmanuel Macron requested faster security improvements, Laurence des Cars offered to resign but French Culture Minister Rachida Dati rejected it, and des Cars said, `The weaknesses of the protection of our perimeter are known and identified`.
- The museum currently operates 432 CCTV cameras for 465 museum galleries with 61 percent uncovered, while recommended 2015 security upgrades remain incomplete until 2032 and Laurence des Cars plans to double cameras as ANSSI urges stronger cyber defences.
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It is the irrefutable proof of the most spectacular theft of this century. A French court published a report this Thursday strongly criticizing the management of the Louvre for prioritizing the purchases and renovations that take over headlines rather than maintaining the security of one of the largest museums in the world. The bold theft in broad daylight, in which four men took historical jewels of incalculable value, was a “huge alarm signal,…
After the spectacular burglary in the Louvre Museum in Paris, the security of the facility became the focus. Everyone would have guessed the password for a security-relevant server in a few minutes.
The million-dollar theft in the Louvre has been favored by security gaps, some of which seem to exist in the museum.
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