After Louvre Robbery, Investigation Reveals Their Security Password Was ‘Louvre’

This is like making your PIN code “1234.”

By Braden Bjella

Published 1 week ago in Facepalm

Last month, the Louvre was robbed. While suspects have since been arrested, many people were left wondering how such a thing could even happen — which led to a greater examination of the security system protecting some of the world’s finest artworks and historical artifacts.


The security system, it turns out, sucks more than you ever thought possible. We’re talking Dyson-level suckage here, folks!


According to French newspaper Liberation, documents revealed that as recently as 2014, passwords for certain parts of the museum’s security were simple, single words — the most embarrassing of which being the main video security system. The password, as you can probably surmise, was simply “LOUVRE.”


But that’s not all! A 2017 inspection found that critical systems were still running on Windows 2000 and Windows XP. And this wasn’t a case of “It’s not broken, don’t fix it” — the inspection found these systems constantly broke or simply didn’t work and still weren’t replaced.


Even today, Liberation says that documents revealed the museum is still filled with security and computer systems that are either outdated or so old they literally cannot be updated, as neither the original company nor third-party service providers are able to do so.


So next time you’re in Paris, you might as well just shove the Mona Lisa in your handbag. They’ll only catch you if their copy of Windows 2000 doesn’t crash!

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