The Great Louvre Heist
Shift Change: The Idaho Manufacturing Podcast
Three sources from technology and security firms Comsure, TotalCare IT, and Cybernews all report on the security failures surrounding the October 2025 jewelry heist at the Louvre Museum, valued at over $100 million. The primary focus is the disclosure that the video surveillance system was reportedly secured with the shockingly simplistic password "Louvre", a vulnerability that had been flagged by French authorities years earlier but was not fixed. The articles explain that this incident represents a critical example of cyber-physical risk convergence, where poor digital hygiene—such as neglecting multi-factor authentication and strong password policies—can enable or complicate a physical intrusion. Today, we use the Louvre's failure as a cautionary tale to urge manufacturing businesses to immediately adopt modern cybersecurity controls to protect their critical assets and data.
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