By 1938, the Poles were able to build their own Enigma replica. Their machine was called the Bomba (the Polish word for a specific ice cream), but it only saw use until 1940 when the Germans ...

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… ...

When one letter key of an Enigma machine was pressed, its corresponding code letter would light up. The device would always return a different letter, even if the same key were pressed twice.

Techniques used to win World War II can be used to supplement today’s modern risk management tools, Palisade’s @RISK and the DecisionTools Suite.

Officials and historians have marked the 120th anniversary of the birth of Marian Rejewski, one of a team of Polish ...

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 ...

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 ...

A history-making relic, this 1938-built Enigma encrypted messages for the German Army. The D-reflector is the exciting detail that sets this particular cipher machine apart from other Enigmas.

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 ...

“Enigma wouldn’t stand up to modern computing and statistics,” Michael Wooldridge, a professor of computer science at the University of Oxford, told the publication.