And this, kids, is why we never ever set up easy-to-guess passwords. Even in testing, even temporarily. Just pwgen it, every time.
> accessing the museum's video surveillance server required typing the all-too-obvious word: LOUVRE
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And this, kids, is why we never ever set up easy-to-guess passwords. Even in testing, even temporarily. Just pwgen it, every time.
> accessing the museum's video surveillance server required typing the all-too-obvious word: LOUVRE
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The MuseumIsNotThePassword would be a solid password
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Museum officials acknowledged the oversight and swiftly changed to a more secure password (LOUVRE2).
@rysiek lmaoooo no fucking way! With that security, they deserved to get robbed hahahhahahahaha
@rysiek And this, kids, is why we don't trust sensational news from an obscure Italian magazine in English.
Yes, in 2014 a security audit revealed significant flaws in the Louvre cyber-security, including the usage of: "LOUVRE" as a password.
No, we don't know what the current passwords are and which flaws have been adressed in the past eleven years. So we stay alert but don't hawk about such allegations as truth.
https://dailycaller.com/2025/11/03/louvre-password-security-system-heist/
@rysiek they should’ve made it “hunter2”.
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Is this for real..? 😵💫🤯😱
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How do you say, "Sacré bleu," in French?
@rysiek I kinda love the French for this though. Either all those years of encryption being a criminal offence, or just the French stereotype of generally not giving a fuck about anything, led to this.
And as a Brit, I can't laugh. The last time somebody stole the English Crown Jewels, he lost them forever in a swamp.
Mate has recently been installing security cameras for the Army on the front gates of bases.
He asked what passwords they would like to use for their system.
Their replies for suggested passwords were easier to guess
@rysiek Most of us had better security protocols as a 10 year olds than the Louvre. And we wonder why everything is shit - morons are running the world. Good for those thieves.
@rysiek they…they changed the password right - it’s been 10 years.
But that didn't have anything to do with the robbery, right?
Also that password was from 2014, applied only to the surveillance software, and for all we know was changed in the interim.
What's amazing is how much authority you have just by putting on a yellow vest.
@number6 oh yeah, the yellow invisibility vest is totally a thing
@rysiek oh god I though that was a dad joke
@rysiek 😬 .. 😩 .. 😭 .... why are people like this 😭😭😭
oh my fuck we really need to make third party auditing a mandatory requirement for everything that has an internet-facing IP
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