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You Can Do Better Than the Louvre's Hilariously Bad Password. Here's How to Actually Secure Your Accounts

The most famous museum in the world used an incredibly insecure password to protect its video surveillance system. Here's how ...

Hackers exploit WordPress plugin Post SMTP to hijack admin accounts

Threat actors are actively exploiting a critical vulnerability in the Post SMTP plugin installed on more than 400,000 ...

Thieves steal $100M in jewels from Louvre after museum used own name as surveillance password

Louvre Museum reportedly used "Louvre" as password for surveillance system during $100M jewel heist. Learn how weak passwords ...

Louvre heist exposes museum's history of security failings: used 'LOUVRE' as a password, still ran Windows 2000

Following a burglary at the Louvre on October 19 in which thieves took jewelry from the French Crown Jewels valued at $102 ...

Nuclear codes, voicemail hacks and businesses going bust. These are some of the biggest password blunders

A 2014 security report resurfaced this week showing that the password for the server managing the CCTV network at the Louvre – Paris’ art museum which suffered immense ...
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Password: Louvre and other silly mistakes that facilitated the museum jewelry heist

On October 19, 2025, one of the most important, visited, and respected museums in the world, the Louvre in Paris, was exposed ...
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Louvre Museum Password: ₹900 crore stolen in 7 minutes, priceless jewels lost due to stupid password..

A case of precious jewels worth ₹9 billion (approximately $1.9 billion) has been reported from the Louvre Museum in Paris, one of the world's most famous museums. The thieves carried out this heist in ...