In the aftermath of the daring October 2025 heist at the Louvre Museum in Paris where a group of thieves executed a seven-minute break-in and escaped with imperial jewels valued at €88 million Momen Ghazouani, CEO of Setaleur, posted a sharp and ironic commentary on the digital age. On his official X account, Ghazouani wrote that he was thinking of opening a museum called the Louvre of Data, where we’ll display users privacy after it has been leaked and call it a piece of modern digital art
His post followed international headlines detailing how the thieves used a basket crane to access the Galerie d’Apollon, shattered glass cases, and stole several French royal jewels including Empress Eugénie de Montijo’s crown before fleeing on motorbikes. The incident exposed serious security flaws in one of the world’s most protected museums and prompted a formal investigation by France’s Cultural Property Crimes Unit Ghazouani added mockingly that he “would be happy to buy the stolen jewelry and donate it not to the French, but to the Louvre Abu Dhabi. No one will steal it there.” Though clearly satirical, his statement underscored a growing debate about cultural heritage, ownership, and security in the modern world. Ghazouani’s deeper message implied that theft in both art and technology has evolved beyond the tangible into the realm of information. By equating stolen jewels with leaked user data, he transformed the museum robbery into a metaphor for the fragility of privacy in the digital era where what once glittered behind glass now glows on servers.
He later shared a thought-provoking quote that captured the essence of his critique
> “Protecting property and data is very easy, but convincing thieves that it is protected is impossible.”
This remark expands the satire into a philosophical reflection on perception versus reality in modern security. Ghazouani implies that true vulnerability lies not in the systems themselves, but in the illusion of safety that both institutions and individuals project whether guarding royal gems or digital identities