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The Lourve heist is still doing the rounds on social media - with people still in disbelief that it was pulled off. The robbery, which is something that you'd only ever think would happen in films, has people hooked on how the French thieves managed to steal eight crown jewels , worth an estimated €88million (£77million) in just seven minutes. However it's now emerged that the heist was done thanks to cracking into the Louvre's security system - which you'd think would be pretty robust, right? But according to reports from the French outlet Libération as well as others, the world ’s most prestigious museum allegedly 'protected' its security systems with the password. ‘LOUVRE’. According to Libération, the French National Cybersecurity Agency (ANSSI) attended the Louvre in 2014 to carry out security checks, where they reportedly picked up on the weak password and requested to create something a little more complex. People were quick to make jokes online, with one person taking to X to say: "If you feel like you're bad at your job and it's making you depressed, just consider that, as the investigation of the recent heist revealed, the password to access the Louvre's video surveillance system was "Louvre". While another jibed: "Password to louvre surveillance server upgraded to 'louvre1'," and a third joked: "Way too short for security. Should have used 'LouvreMuseumParis'." A fourth made a joke about how other passwords has to be so complicated and noted: "How come I need a ten character password that must include symbols, numbers and capitalisations (which must be changed every month) PLUS a randomised six digit code, for my entirely unimportant job, yet the Louvre protects humanity's most valuable objects with the password 'Louvre'? What's the keypad code to get into the gold vault at the Banque de France? 1234?" It comes after one of the men arrested on suspicion of stealing the €88m (£77m) of crown jewels museum is a minor social media star with a passion for motorbikes who has worked as a security guard at the Pompidou centre, French media have reported. For more stories like this subscribe to our weekly newsletter, The Weekly Gulp , for a curated roundup of trending stories, poignant interviews, and viral lifestyle picks from The Mirror's Audience U35 team delivered straight to your inbox. Identified by justice officials as Abdoulaye N, the 39-year-old man was arrested at his home in Aubervilliers, the suburb north of Paris where he was born, six days after the 19 October heist. He faces charges of organised theft and criminal conspiracy. Four suspects are in custody in relation to the theft, including three thought to have been members of the four-man gang who used a stolen truck with an extendable ladder and freight lift to reach the first-floor window of the museum’s Apollo gallery. Help us improve our content by completing the survey below. We'd love to hear from you!
