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FORGOTTEN HISTORY: 4 - Caught on Camera

How the Louvre thieves exploited human psychology to avoid suspicion – and what it reveals about AI

On a sunny morning on October 19 2025, four men allegedly walked into the world’s most-visited museum and left, minutes later, with crown jewels worth €88 million (£76 million). The theft from Paris’s Louvre Museum – one of the world’s most surveilled cultural institutions – took just under eight minutes.

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Louvre museum in Paris shuts gallery over structural safety fears

The Louvre Museum has announced that it has closed one of its galleries as a precaution after an audit revealed structural weaknesses in some of the beams in the building. This is a further setback for the renowned institution which came under the spotlight last month after a daring jewellery…

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Ruroc Launches Gem Collection as Part of “The Heist”, Unfortunate Timing for the Louvre

Ruroc is launching the

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LISTEN: What we know about the Louvre crown jewel heist as told by AP reporter John Leicester

In this episode of The Story Behind the AP Story, we hear from chief correspondent in Paris, John Leicester covering the Louvre heist — a stunning theft that has shaken the art world and raised questions about museum security. We break down what happened, what authorities know so far, and…

The Independent UK

Ancient Roman-era marble statues taken in audacious museum theft

The National Museum of Damascus is closed while authorities investigate

The Independent UK

Russian passports and listed jewels: How the internet went wild for fake news about the Louvre heist

From sharing pictures of supposed detectives to snaps of suspects purportedly tied to the Louvre heist case, false claims about the case have gone wild across the internet.

Euronews

Louvre 'detective' mystery case solved as mystery man in viral photo speaks out

A teenager from a Colombian family who went viral as the Louvre's mystery "Fedora man" has finally broken his silence to reveal how he ended up in that enigmatic photo, how it's affected his life and why he chose to keep the world guessing about his real identity.

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Louvre 'Fedora Man' Identity Revealed: No, He's Not AI — He's a 15-Year-Old Teenager

The viral Louvre 'Fedora Man' mystery is finally solved. The sharply dressed figure is not AI but a real 15-year-old whose photo took the internet by storm. Here is what he said!

International Business Times UK

Who is ‘fedora man’? The French teenager in Louvre heist photo identified

Fifteen-year-old Pedro Elias Garzon Delvaux was captured outside the Louvre on the day of a crown jewels heist

The Independent UK

3 things you can do to be make your home more secure than the Louvre

It's surprisingly easy to make your home more secure than a famous museum with these three tips.

Tom’s Guide

No wonder it got hit - report claims password for the Louvre’s video surveillance system was...“LOUVRE”

Using “LOUVRE” as a password, and running Windows 2000/Windows Server 2003 certainly didn’t help.

TechRadar

Louvre vows to restore the imperial crown dropped by thieves during museum robbery

The diamond and emerald-studded crown of Empress Eugénie, which was found damaged near the Louvre after being dropped by thieves during last month's robbery, will be restored as a symbol of “renaissance,” the museum's director Laurence des Cars said

The Independent UK

Jack Whitehall's Louvre heist jokes fell flat at Monaco gig

Comedian Jack Whitehall has recalled how an audience in Monaco were far from impressed when he poked fun at the recent Louvre heist while hosting a jewellery awards ceremony.

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The Louvre was robbed and the lone viral mugshot of the criminal just forced the ‘suspect’ to post on Instagram

Even his friends thought it was him.

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The Louvre Heist Suspect is a Former Motorcycle Racer, and a Local Legend

A celebrated motorcycle daredevil from a Paris suburb now stands accused in the Louvre jewel heist—a long way down from wheelie hero to “wait, you dropped the crown?”

The Guardian - UK

Louvre heist a ‘deafening wake-up call’, says auditor

Report says Paris museum prioritised ‘visible and attractive’ projects over security in run-up to robbery

Tom’s Hardware

Louvre heist reveals museum used ‘LOUVRE’ as password for its video surveillance, still has workstations with Windows 2000 - glaring security weaknesses revealed in previous report

Is the Louvre's weak cybersecurity a deeper symptom?

Euronews

French auditors slam Louvre for focusing on projects over security following jewel heist

France's audit office reported that the Louvre prioritised acquisitions over security, leaving fire safety plans incomplete for 20 years and lagging in camera installations.

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The Guardian - UK

Louvre heist suspect is social media star and former museum guard, reports say

Man, identified as Abdoulaye N, is one of four accused over theft of historic jewels worth tens of millions of pounds

International Business Times UK

Louvre Robbers Arrested, But the Heist's Missing Jewels Spark New Questions About an Inside Job

French police arrest suspects in the daring Louvre jewel heist, but the €100M royal treasures remain missing as investigators probe possible inside help.

PC Gamer

Post-heist reports reveal the password for the Louvre's video surveillance was 'Louvre,' and suddenly the dumpster-tier opsec of videogame NPCs seems a lot less absurd

Is leaving the safe combination on a post-it note that much worse?

The Guardian - UK

Louvre jewel heist by petty criminals, not organised professionals, says Paris prosecutor

Laure Beccuau said ‘upper echelons of organised crime’ unlikely to be involved as one perpetrator remains at large

The Independent UK

What to know about the 4 suspects in the Louvre crown jewels heist

Four suspects in the Louvre jewels heist have been charged and jailed

The Independent UK

Two Louvre heist suspects were convicted together a decade ago, prosecutor reveals

Prosecutor reveals two suspects in Louvre heist were previously convicted together

Euronews

Louvre burglary: Two new suspects under investigation, three released

On Thursday, Paris public prosecutor Laure Beccuau announced five new arrests in connection with this high-profile robbery. She added that the stolen jewels, worth €88 million, remain unaccounted for.

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