In a major security lapse, it was revealed that a shockingly simple password protected the Louvre Museum’s surveillance system – ‘Louvre’ – a lapse which made it easier for thieves to carry out a stunning $102 million (Rs 900 crore) jewel heist, according to investigators.

On October 19, thieves wielding power tools raided the Louvre, the world’s most visited art museum, in broad daylight and stole jewellery worth an estimated $102 million. According to a minister’s estimate, the entire operation lasted “almost four minutes". Other sources pegged the heist to “around seven minutes".

The stolen haul consisted of at least eight or nine items from the French crown jewels collection: tiaras, necklaces, earrings, brooches, many with connections to the Napoleonic era, such as pieces belonging

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