Overview
- The Cour des Comptes published a pre-heist review calling the October theft a “deafening wake-up call” and urging immediate implementation of long-delayed security work.
- Confidential ANSSI findings reported that in 2014 the video-surveillance server used the password “LOUVRE,” another system used “THALES,” and parts of the network ran on obsolete Windows 2000/Server 2003.
- Only about 39% of rooms had CCTV in 2024, upgrades were tendered only last year, and the Louvre does not expect full modernization before 2032, the report says.
- Investigators say four masked thieves used a truck-mounted lift to enter the Apollo Gallery on 19 October and stole eight crown-jewel pieces in roughly seven minutes.
- Police have arrested several suspects and reported partial admissions, yet none of the jewels have been recovered as lawmakers question leaders and the culture minister orders a new security department.