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Monday, November 10, 2025

In the wake of the heist, the country's minister of culture, Rachida Dati, assured the Louvre's security systems didn't fail. However, experts have been raising concerns about the museum's security for more than a decade, according to a report by French newspaper Liberation that examined confidential documents. For example, in 2014, the museum's video surveillance server password was "LOUVRE," while a software program provided by the company Thales was secured with a password "THALES."

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... Moreover, the National Cybersecurity Agency of France (ANSSI) discovered that the museum's office network used obsolete systems, such as Windows 2000, which no longer guaranteed antivirus updates.

In 2017, a security audit report stated that the threat of an attack with potentially dramatic consequences could no longer be ignored.

It's unclear whether the passwords remained unchanged during the time of the heist and whether other security shortcomings were addressed. ...


#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-11-10 12:26 AM | Reply

Friggin' wow.

That's the best rated-G comment I can come up with at the oment.

Jus' friggin' wow.




#2 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-11-10 12:27 AM | Reply

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