Louvre heist reveals museum used ‘LOUVRE’ as password for its video surveillance, still has workstations with Windows 2000 - glaring security weaknesses revealed in previous report

The recent Louvre heist, where jewelry worth €88 million was stolen, exposed significant security weaknesses at the museum. Security audits in 2014 and 2017 revealed that the museum used weak passwords like 'LOUVRE' and 'THALES' and still had workstations running Windows 2000, which Microsoft stopped supporting in 2010. Despite these vulnerabilities, the museum's cybersecurity practices were not directly linked to the heist. The audits highlighted systemic security deficiencies, prompting calls for modernizing the museum's security systems. A recent security audit emphasized the urgent need for a security system overhaul at the Louvre.