Used during WWII to encrypt messages, the Enigma Machine has a fascinating history and unique workings. This animation delves ...

The release of the film, The Imitation Game, about the life and work of Alan Turing, inspired the Guardian to publish this description of how the German encryption device worked—and why, like ...

How the Enigma Works by Alan Stripp The Enigma machine, first patented in 1919, was after various improvements adopted by the German Navy in 1926, the Army in 1928, and the Air Force in 1935.

To many, the Enigma machine is an enigma. But it’s really quite simple. The following is a step-by-step explanation of how it works, from the basics to the full machine. Possibly the greatest ...

Divers scouring the Baltic Sea for abandoned fishing nets have found a Nazi Germany-era Enigma machine.

The names of Alan Turing and the Enigma encryption machine have grown inextricably linked over time, owing to Turing’s contribution to British decryption efforts during World War II. It’s ...

Our ability to decode their Enigma-written messages helped shorten the war considerably. I had seen these machines before, but I never knew how they actually worked. So I asked one of the NSA staffers ...

The tickling enigma: Why we still don't know how it works after 2,000 years by Radboud University Nijmegen edited by Lisa Lock, reviewed by Robert Egan Editors' notes ...

The Enigma machine has become something of a legend in cryptography and code-breaking—it’s uncrackable code helped the German military smuggle messages before and during the war.