Makes Sense: The Reported Password Of The Louvre's Surveillance System During The Time Of The Jewels Heist Was, You Guessed It, 'Louvre'

I'm starting to become obsessed with this story, mostly because of all the hilarious side stories coming out of this. You had the heist of the century, videos of the criminals escaping and then them getting arrested and finding out they were common criminals. All this happening at one of the most known museums in the world, a name that is used way too often and when you throw in jewelry it just adds to it all.

But then I saw this: 

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[Source]- A probe into the broad daylight heist at the Louvre revealed the world-renowned museum had used a mind-bloggingly weak password for its core security systems, according to a report.

France’s National Cybersecurity Agency was able to access a server managing the museum’s video surveillance using the ridiculously easy password, “LOUVRE,” according to confidential documents obtained by Libération.

My hands are tied and I have no choice but to respect the fact the Louvre security was that simple. They don't want to deal with two factor authentication. 12 characters with at least 1 capital and a symbol? Heavens, no. They have to make it simple. What I want to know is did they ever change the password? We deal with that for the most mundane, boring apps that we never use. Every 30-60 days you gotta switch your password, forget it at some point and then do it all over again. But the Louvre? They were never going to forget this password. At least throw in Louvre1, make robbers think twice about what they are going to try out to break into the security system. 

I honestly had to search this no less than 4 times because I thought it was fake. I thought there was no way it was more secure for me to sign in to blog about a Torrie Wilson/Stacy Keibler bra and panties match than the Louvre's security system. But, here we are. It's apparently very real, every single news outlet is reporting it. We have no choice but to believe that they had a meeting, the chief of security sat down and figured out a password that would never be cracked. More importantly I want video to come out of the robbers pre-heist meeting. I need to see their reaction when they realized how easy it would be to crack into the security system. They probably thought it was a joke when the leader told them it was Louvre. Lighten the mood before committing a crime type feel to it. 

It's back to being the heist of the century. Too good of a story with this in it not to be labeled that anymore.