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 team of divers found this rusted—but still recognizable—Enigma cipher machine at the bottom of the Baltic Sea. The Nazis used the device to encode secret military messages during WWII. World ...

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 ...

This sealogged Nazi machine will undergo restoration. German divers for the environmental group World Wildlife Fund were searching the ocean floor for abandoned nets threatening marine wildlife. What ...

POCATELLO — Taken from the bowels of a German U-boat during World War II, a working Enigma cipher machine has made its way to Idaho State University. Recovery of the electro-magnetic rotor cipher ...

An Enigma machine that was used by the Nazis to encrypt secret messages during World War II is up for auction later this week. “This machine being auctioned was designed by the German Navy and was ...

So-called encryption wars are nothing new. The debate over government and law enforcement access to encrypted material is rightly headline news today, but it's a battle that’s been fought time and ...

A WWII Enigma machine with four rotors was sold at auction earlier this week, achieving double its estimated price. Christie’s in Paris said the auction lot was “one of the rarest and hardest Enigma ...