The particularity of these cipher devices is that they shouldn't exist anymore. Not in one piece and certainly not functional. Because it was a state secret technology, utmost care was taken by German ...

A legendary code-breaking story, secret wartime inventions and the fascinating history of cryptology displayed in the National Technical Museum in Prague.

The files include operating instructions for the SG-41, encryption rules and key tables used during the closing weeks of the ...

Enigma cipher machines have endured in the minds of history buffs and cryptography hobbyists for more than a century, still discovered at dusty French flea markets and dredged up from under beach ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. "Fritz Menzer did not just come up with this machine - he developed other machines. And he also worked on cryptanalysis machines ...

You’re trying to break the German Enigma machine. … It’s the greatest encryption device in history, and the Germans use it for all major communications. If the Allies broke Enigma—well, this would ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The MIT Media Lab and two bitcoin experts have unveiled a prototype encryption system that lets you share it with a third party ...