as a fan of true crime, especially heists,
I always find it interesting to see where the criminals
have made errors in their planning or execution
as well as the how the security system
was able to to be breached or if it had flaws
it’s inevitable on both sides.
(It doesn’t appear that the security was at the highest level)
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“Heists on this scale are not unheard of, but the nature of this one is surprising because of the location, Remember, the Louvre was a palace. I mean you’re talking about a heist in the Hall of Kings.”
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The most basic security fail. Like having 1234 as your pin number on a bank or credit card.
Best wishes, Pete.
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right!
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They deserved to be robbed
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They had lots of security issues, this was just one –
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It’s just like bad movie plot.
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it really is
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🙁
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Your parenthetical quip is the best! “Not at the highest level”…whoa my gosh! 😜
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)))
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I think this was due to complete naivety on the part of the museum.
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they just had let security fall off the plate over time
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Yes, indeed
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I am dumbfounded at the thought of this. I agree with Pete.
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it’s really surprising
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A reminder to us all! 123password is not a good idea!
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right!
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I personally think this is hilarious. Worthy of a comedy.
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me too! and there are other humorous elements to it as well
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can you imagine how people have attempted to use the word PASSWORD as their password…
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oh, they do –
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Ah, security…always 20/20 hindsight.
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yes, I’m sure they’ll be changing a few things
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The real story follows, when the thieves try to sell their treasures. Who will believe them?
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right
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Security?? Seriously….😳
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they had definitely let it slide in many areas
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Clearly
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This whole story is going to end up in a movie… a comedy of sorts!
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yes, it will be for sure
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😁
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I’m fascinating by this as well, Beth! The password – so funny — and not as uncommon as we’d think!
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right!
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Quelle stupidité!
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Seriously? That was the password? By the time I left the government, our passwords were basically paragraphs. That’s too funny. Hugs.
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they really had not made security a priority
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Reaĺy crazy 🙄
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completely
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OMG I hadn’t seen this. That’s the worst pw – no numbers or special characters either!
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nothing -)
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Wow, that’s something. Maybe they thought the obvious would overlooked. 🤔
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when the director was speaking about security after the heist she did say that why had let it go, and focused on purchasing art –
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Understandable with so much to manage.
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Cracked me up when I read it.
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right!
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Well! What can you say?
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not much to say –
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Astonishing!
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yes, very!
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That is insane.
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absolutely
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Flabbergasted.
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hard to fathom
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Unbelievable
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agreed
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I almost thought this was satire but had to look it up. Maybe they’ll add 1234 in the next password update! 🤣
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yes! it seems there were a lot of security issues that they’d let slide over time when they analyzed it
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So basically they had no security at all!
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right, and it seems they had quite a few security issues when they looked back at it all
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That’s so ridiculous it’s hard to believe.
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you know the truth/fiction thing – and it seems they had quite a few security issues when analyzing it all
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I wonder how true that is, it is the type of password my mother would come up with.
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worse!) they had quite a few security issues when they looked at it all
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Just saying ‘oooh’ 😉
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I’m baffled at the naivety. Definitely not the highest security level. 😁
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an understatement to be sure -)
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Looks like someone was overconfident that no one would think of breaking in from the outside! Amazing.
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right!
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:>)
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You have to be very clever to pull heists off!
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you do, and most people are not capable
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Hopefully, many will learn from this and improve security. But, as always, humans will be human. 🤓
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you’re so right –
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At least the password wasn’t “password.”
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I think you may have just given out their new one
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I guess I am qualified to work Security for the Louvre!
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I would be on your team
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Oh, boy…
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It seems they had let security slip in a lot of areas over the years
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This was one of my favorite things this year….
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it speaks to all of us -)
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😉
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There’s something perfect about how the word heist fits the situation, for sure, Beth.
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yes, and lots of mistakes on both sides in this one
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Well said!
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they let security fall away over time and it caught up with them
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Yup!
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Oops! 😵💫🤭🥴
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Yes
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