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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 ...

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 ...

My top 5 password managers for Linux - and my favorite works on Windows and MacOS too

ZDNET's key takeaways Password managers remain vital to your security.Linux has plenty of available options.These tools are ...

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 was simply “LOUVRE.” Here are some examples of technological mishaps and ...
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Password to Louvre's video system was 'Louvre' at time of robbery: Employee

According to an employee with knowledge of the system, the password to the Louvre's video surveillance system was simply "Louvre" at the time of the robbery last month.