The Enigma machine is a piece of spook hardware invented by a German and used by Britain's codebreakers as a way of deciphering German signals traffic during World War Two. It has been claimed that as ...

YOUNG mathematicians entered the world of spies, secrets and espionage as they became code-breakers — inspired by an original Enigma machine. Year Seven girls at Bolton School had a chance to see the ...

A WWII Enigma encryption machine with four rotors was sold at auction earlier this week, achieving double its estimated price ...

All Electric Productions present Codebreaker: The Story of Enigma at Lancaster Grand in March. This show by Dr Mark Baldwin is one of World War Two’s most fascinating stories telling of the Allied ...

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 ...

Code- and cipher-breaking have been in operation for centuries. However, cryptanalysis – the art of deciphering encoded messages – took on a new importance during WW2 as British boffins strived to ...

When many think of the Second World War, they are often reminded of the horrors and tragedies of conflict that draw out desperation and inhumanity. Telling these stories is vital as it is a key event ...

(MENAFN- Swissinfo) Before the Second World War, Switzerland had no experience of cryptography. Nonetheless, a group of mathematicians and engineers started work on their own cipher machine in the ...

Tributes have been paid to a female code breaker who helped Alan Turing reveal the Nazi war machine's encrypted secrets during the Second World War after she died aged 98. Mary Ratcliffe worked at a ...