Louvre Museum Security 'Outdated and Inadequate' at Time of Heist (thetimes.com)
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- News link: https://it.slashdot.org/story/25/10/20/1957202/louvre-museum-security-outdated-and-inadequate-at-time-of-heist
- Source link: https://www.thetimes.com/world/europe/article/louvre-museum-security-paris-heist-606bz30b2
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. The report noted a lack of basic CCTV equipment across multiple wings. Cameras had mainly been installed only when rooms were refurbished due to repeated postponements of scheduled modernization. In the Denon wing where the Apollo Gallery was targeted, a third of rooms had no CCTV cameras. Three-quarters of rooms in the Richelieu wing and nearly two-thirds in the Sully wing lacked cameras.The thieves were caught on camera at one point but were masked and impossible to identify, according to Paris public prosecutor Laure Beccuau. The alarm system activated when thieves cut open display cases, but they threatened staff who left the area. Culture minister Rachida Dati confirmed new CCTV cameras would be installed. President Macron had earmarked $186.30 million to upgrade the Louvre's security systems under a renaissance plan launched in June.
[1] https://www.thetimes.com/world/europe/article/louvre-museum-security-paris-heist-606bz30b2
[2] https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20251019-paris-louvre-heist-lays-bare-museum-security-complaints
Well yeah (Score:2)
I believe it is sort of definitional that the security was inadequate in this instance.
I'd seriously love to read the threat modeling of a top-tier museum. I've written these before for employers, but a software startup with a bank account and endpoints to protect is very different than warehousing irreplaceable artifacts and letting the unwashed masses near some of them.
Re: (Score:2)
What do you think - thicker display cases?
A lot of security goes towards making sure people can't sneak in, but these guys didn't play by those rules anyways.
I know just the guy for the job (Score:2)
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Re: (Score:2)
With him on the job, it will be solved in the most hilarious way possible. Probably with a minor love side story, too.
couldn't be (Score:2)
Are you telling me the movies all showing these kickass laser grids is bullshit? Fetch me my fainting couch.
/s
New cameras? (Score:2)
> The thieves were caught on camera at one point but were masked and impossible to identify, according to Paris public prosecutor Laure Beccuau. The alarm system activated when thieves cut open display cases, but they threatened staff who left the area.
I'm not seeing how more cameras would either see through the masks, or stop them from threatening employees.
"Security" (Score:2)
> "The report noted a lack of basic CCTV equipment across multiple wings. Cameras had mainly"
CCTV mentioned over and over and over again. IT DOESN'T MATTER. Video is not security. It will not prevent theft. And most of the time it will not lead to recovery either. It can be a useful tool, but it is reactionary at best (like calling the police so they can arrive 5 minutes after some event is over/done).
> "The thieves were caught on camera at one point but were masked and impossible to identify"
Right
Re:Louvre security (Score:4, Funny)
Probably from the time when that nearly perfect heist was pulled off.
After the burglary, the thief was apprehended a few blocks from the Louvre when his truck stalled. When asked by the police how he made such a mess of it, he replied,
"I did not have Monet to buy Degas to make the Van Gogh."