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Experts code breakers have been called in to unravel the message The author of the note claims to be someone operating on behalf of the new owner of the Enigma machine.
If you don't know of Mavis Batey, you should. Her work cracking the Enigma machine's coded messages was crucial to the success of D-Day landings during WWII.
Codebreaker and computing pioneer Alan Turing has been chosen as the face of Britain’s new 50 pound note, the Bank of England announced Monday.
British code breakers cracked Nazi Germany's encrypted secrets, but did such a good job of maintaining their code of silence, that much of their history was nearly lost.
Alan Turing, a crack code-breaker and visionary mathematician who was convicted under Victorian-era homophobic laws, will be the face of Britain's new £50 note.
UK intelligence agency GCHQ has celebrated its centenary year by releasing emulators for famous code cipher and code breakers used in World War II. Last week, GCHQ said on Twitter that the public ...
A code-cracking machine used by Britain to decipher Germany's innermost military secrets in World War Two is being put on public display for the first time after being recreated by a team of 60 ...
Enigma codebreaker Alan Turing to be pardoned posthumously The father of modern computing is to be granted a posthumous pardon, thanks to a backbench bill tabled for the end of October.
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A global organization of engineers on Tuesday honored the three Poles who broke the German Enigma cipher codes and helped end World War II. J. Roberto de Marca, head of the ...
London - A code-cracking machine used by Britain to decipher Germany's innermost military secrets in World War Two is being put on public display for the first time after being recreated by a team ...