The German Enigma device has always been a fascinating gadget for hackers. We’ve seen various replicas and emulators created over the years, and it was recently even the subject of our weekly ...

The World War II German Enigma encoding machine is something of an icon in engineering circles not just for its mechanical ingenuity but for the work of the wartime staff at Bletchley Park in ...

English mathematician, wartime code-breaker and pioneer of computer science. Photo: Alan Turing with two colleagues and a ...

The Enigma machine is a piece of spook hardware invented by a German and used by Britain's codebreakers as a way of deciphering German signals traffic during World War Two. It has been claimed ...

Here he played a vital role in deciphering the messages encrypted by the German Enigma machine, which provided vital intelligence for the Allies. He took the lead in a team that designed a machine ...

Ciphers and codes of several Axis countries were decrypted including, most importantly, those generated by the German Enigma and Lorenz machines. Photo: Wrens (members of the Women's Royal Naval ...

His contribution lead to the breaking of the German Enigma machine, an achievement that sees him chosen as the next face on the £50 note. Despite his remarkable achievements, as a gay man Turing was ...