But behind the criminal incident lies a management lesson: how organizations lose the ability to distinguish between illusory and real security. The Louvre heist didn't happen despite the advanced security systems, but largely because of them. When trust in machines replaces human alertness, when the system is perceived as a substitute for thinking, reality tends to strike from the simplest place.

BREAKING: Footage of the heist targeting the Louvre in Paris has now been released.

This is the first time we can see actual video of the "heist of the century."

Here, the thieves escape on a truck-mounted lift before fleeing on a scooter. pic.twitter.com/LsCrAFeziW

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The Louvre's security systems were built under the assumption that the threat would look like it used to. Suspicious figure, alarm, physical breach attempt. But in an era where risk stems from the combination of technology, human agility, and surprise capability, management methods remained fossilized. The cameras documented everything, but nobody actually saw. Data flowed in real time, but there was no one to connect it into one picture. In other words, the technology was smart, but the management wasn't.

This is perhaps the essence of the challenge of the artificial intelligence era: the smarter the systems become, the more relaxed people get. Digital security creates an illusion of control, and the organization becomes addicted to procedures and systems rather than to wisdom. No algorithm identifies a lack of attention, no software warns about mental stagnation. When everything is connected, it seems like everything is under control – until it turns out nobody is really alert anymore.

If the Louvre Museum, one of the most secure places in the world, can be breached in seven minutes, any organization is vulnerable. Not always technically, but conceptually. Not through a back door, but through managerial blindness. Risk management in the current era is no longer a bureaucratic process of updating technologies, but an art of adaptation. It requires managers who identify anomalies in real time, who understand that the unexpected is already the rule, and who grasp that the real threat is complacency.

Ultimately, the Louvre heist isn't just a story about security – it's a parable about leadership and responsibility. It reminds us that as long as we continue to entrust human judgment to smart machines, we remain exposed to precisely what isn't considered possible. In an era of artificial intelligence, risk management isn't about preventing the unexpected, but about recognizing when reality has already changed and moving with it.

The author is CEO and founder of Duality strategic consulting firm.

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The theft was carried out on June 15, during the height of the campaign against Iran in Operation Rising Lion. The suspect, along with partners whose identities are not yet known, planned the break-in in advance and prepared it meticulously – he spray-painted the security cameras, mapped the goods, and conducted surveillance in order to learn the terrain, all while using a vehicle whose identity was falsified in advance, including the license plates.

During the break-in, the suspect and his partners welded chains to the vehicle entrance gate, uprooted iron gates, and broke the building walls. They loaded four containers full of peanuts onto a truck and transferred them to Tel Sheva, a location near the suspect's home.

Central Unit forces began investigating immediately upon receiving the report of the break-in and carried out advanced and rapid investigative operations. Already on the day of the incident, investigators succeeded in locating the suspect's whereabouts and arresting him at his home, where the stolen goods were found.

Central Unit officers successfully seized the goods and returned to their owners about half of the quantity that could be traded and was not damaged in the theft. The operation is being carried out as part of the Southern District Police's increased enforcement activity against property crimes.

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