Louvre's password was Louvre!
India, Nov. 7 -- F
rance is still reeling from the audacious $102-million jewellery heist that unfolded inside the hallowed halls of the Louvre Museum (Paris) a robbery that played out with cinematic precision. In just seven minutes, thieves made off with priceless jewels from the Apollo Gallery, home to some of the nation's most treasured artefacts. As investigators dug deeper, what shocked them wasn't just the speed of the operation but its simplicity. Reports revealed that the password protecting the museum's video surveillance system was, rather unimaginatively, "Louvre." Defending the museum's systems, the Louvre's director told French lawmakers, "The security system, as installed in the Apollo Gallery, worked perfectly. The question that arises is how to adapt this system to a new type of attack and modus operandi that we could not have foreseen."...
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