Nobody was monitoring the live feed.

As masked men hacked a hole in a window at the Louvre Museum in Paris in October, a security camera inside the targeted Apollo Gallery was picking up the spot where they were working, Noel Corbin, the head of France's inspectorate general of culture, told the country's Senate at a hearing on Wednesday.

As men clambered into the world-famous museum, nobody was actively monitoring that specific feed, legislators were told. And, even as the robbers collected their loot -- allegedly stealing French crown jewels worth some $102 million -- the security staff at a bank of screens weren't yet focused on the camera catching the robbery, Corbin said.

The camera's zoom wasn't "activated" until 9:38 a.m. Oct. 19, about four

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