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Louvre Used ‘Louvre’ as Password Before €88 Million Jewel Heist: Report
- On October 19, a four-member gang raided the Louvre Museum, Paris, stealing $102 million in crown jewels from the Apollo Gallery in seven minutes using a truck-mounted basket lift.
- France's national cybersecurity agency reported trivial passwords like `LOUVRE` and `THALES` exposed surveillance servers, while the Sathi programme by Thales ran unupdatable on Windows Server 2003.
- The four suspects arrested last week used a truck-mounted mechanical ladder and power tools to break into the Apollo Gallery, with DNA recovered and partial admissions from a taxi driver, 39, and a garbage collector, 34.
- Following the audit, Culture Minister Rachida Dati ordered the Louvre to accelerate security upgrades, estimated at 83 million euros , with only 3 million euros invested 2018–2024.
- Earlier this year the Louvre New Renaissance plan launched, with actual technical work scheduled to start next year and modernisation estimated to cost up to 800 million euros .
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Louvre management prioritized acquisitions over security, auditors say
In a report published Thursday and written before the October 19 break-in, France's Court of Accounts says that successive administrations prioritized high-profile projects over urgent renovation and security needs.
·Paris, France
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The Court of Accounts of France published on Thursday the report on the management of the Louvre Museum, less than a month after the theft of eight Crown jewels on 19 October. The body, which prepared the document before the assault took place, covers the period from 2018 to 2024 and criticizes that, during all those years, the management of the museum prioritized the acquisition of works to the security or improvement of the facilities. 2,754 p…
·Spain
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