Employee says Louvre's surveillance password was surprisingly simple

At the time of the brazen heist of $102 million in jewels from the Louvre last month, the password to the world-famous museum's video surveillance system was simply "Louvre," according to a museum employee with knowledge of the system.

The revelation comes as the museum's security measures have come under scrutiny in the wake of the high-profile theft.

During testimony before a French Senate committee last month, Laurence des Cars, the president and director of the Louvre, said the only camera installed outside the Apollo Gallery was facing west and did not cover the window where the thieves used power tools to break in and exit.

In addition, Des Cars said all of the museum's alarms worked, as did its video cameras, but noted a "weakness" in the museum's perimeter security "due to under