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A constant refrain in the security sector is that everything is an endpoint. If it’s connected to the internet, it’s an endpoint. Endpoints need protection and they’re often neglected. While the criminals who broke into the Louvre in broad daylight in October used prosaic methods, it turns out that the museum’s cyber policies were also in need of a dust-off. According to Libération’s investigative unit, the password to the museum’s video surveillance server was "LOUVRE", while "THALES" got a user into the software platform.

“Today's attackers aren't the amateurs of the old days,” says Roy Alves, national sales manager at J2 Software. “They’re adaptive, stealthy operators exploiting the very conveniences we've built into our everyday digital lives.”