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 ...

Used during WWII to encrypt messages, the Enigma Machine has a fascinating history and unique workings. This animation delves into its mechanisms and significance. Further topics explored include ...

How does the Enigma machine work? Rotors at top left could be rotated to different settings, to generate different codes - more rotors made the code more difficult to crack ...

It does stumble a bit when it glosses over some of the logistics involved with configuring the Enigma -- for example, the settings of every Enigma machine are changed at midnight (thus creating a ...

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 ...

The Enigma was a type of enciphering machine used by the German armed forces to send messages securely during the Second World War.

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.

What they were trying to do was to figure out how the original rotors were set up on the Enigma machine that made the code.

The University of Rochester's new quantum enigma machine is taking data encryption to a whole new level. This means shorter encryption keys and more difficult message interception.

Nazi Germany's hidden and most precious communication tech, used in World War 2, is now on sale in an auction. Here's how much it is.