A long time ago, at work, a computer guy showed me something he should not have...it was a printout of all the passwords of everyone who worked there.
He wanted me to see how many of the passwords were filthy. That was hardly surprising, given the general tone of the billingsgate in that workplace. We were told over and over to make sure that no one could guess our password, so as to make sure no one did a dirty deed in someone else's name, but I'm here to tell you, a good 60-70% of the signons were terms for favorite activities among the highly libidinous. I think they were easy to guess, but I never tried.
The other surprising thing was how many people thought that something like "BOBBYD" would be hard to guess, if your name was Bob and your last name started with a D (made-up example). Or for the guy who hummed "Stairway To Heaven" to choose "LEDZEP."
I'm walking down memory lane as a way to get around to telling you that the French people are looking into the $multi-million ripoff at the Louvre, and they found that the most famous museum in all the world used "LOUVRE" as the password to their security system.
I mean, sacre bleu!
Not only that, but France’s National Cybersecurity Agency first was made aware of this foolish choice in 2014, when they reported “serious shortcomings” in the Paris museum’s security systems, such as two-decade old security computer software.
“An attacker who manages to take control of it would be able to facilitate damage or even theft of artworks,” the agency said in 2014.
But here we are in 2025, and no one saw fit to do something about the situation.
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| French riot police stand near the Louvre Museum's glass pyramid |
And on October 19th, thieves entered the museum, stole the nation's crown jewels, and made good their escape within eight minutes.
If only the people in charge of guarding the jewels had known!
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