The Enigma machine is perhaps one of the most legendary devices to come out of World War II. The Germans used the ingenious cryptographic device to hide their communications from the Allies, who in ...

WHAT: The international community of scientific machine collectors went all agog last December when Bonhams New York realized $463,500 for an intact M4 World War II Enigma machine. The result was a ...

I like serendipity when it happens -- especially when it concerns something as odd as the current head of the National Security Agency and the German World War II encryption device known as the " ...

Experts have uncovered a rare artifact from World War II, an Enigma machine, used by the Nazis to prevent the Allies from learning their secrets. The discovery, made by a diving team for the World ...

During World War II, the Axis forces communicated through a groundbreaking encryption mechanism called the Enigma machine. Using a series of rotating dials that would be set in a specific position at ...

Cryptography continues to fascinate people around the world. The practice of "cipher-text" used during World War II is one of those fields that still attracts the attention, intrigue, and even ...

On May 9, 1941, German sailors abandoned the damaged U-110 in the icy North Atlantic, unaware they were leaving behind a treasure trove of secrets. British crew aboard HMS Bulldog seized the rare ...

ITHACA, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--A challenge with trillions of potential combinations yet only one right answer may seem unsolvable. The challenge the Allied Forces faced in World War II was cracking ...

If you have ever dreamt of owning a World War II Enigma Machine, a three-rotor cipher machine will be auctioned by Boston-based RR Auction. The machine was originally made for the German military in ...