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UK code breakers drop Bombe, Enigma and Typex simulators onto the web for all to try
2019-03-18 06:19

You have to run GCHQ code? Nice try, spy guys UK signals intelligence agency GCHQ, celebrating its centenary, has released emulators for famed World War II-era cipher machines that can be run...

Three-Rotor Enigma Machine Up for Auction Today
2018-11-30 14:07

Sotheby's is auctioning off a (working, I think) three-rotor Enigma machine today. They're expecting it to sell for about $200K. I have an Enigma, but it's without the rotors....

WWII Bombe operator Ruth Bourne: I'd never heard of Enigma until long after the war
2018-09-25 10:04

92-year-old Wren tells us about life cracking German codes Interview El Reg had the honour of speaking with a war hero last Friday when the UK's National Museum of Computing fired up its replica...

Enigma message crack honours pioneering Polish codebreakers
2018-09-21 14:58

Plus: The Reg chats to wartime Bombe operator Ruth Bourne The Bombe team at The National Museum Of Computing has succeeded in breaking an Enigma-encrypted message in a live Poland-to-England demo.…

National Museum of Computing to hold live Enigma code-breaking demo with a Bombe
2018-09-19 14:58

Turing-Welchman machine to do its thing – with original wartime operator present The National Museum of Computing (TNMOC) is going to fire up its replica Enigma code-breaker to decrypt encoded...

Cryptography is the Bombe: Britain's Enigma-cracker on display in new home
2018-06-19 12:24

Replica war-winner now in Bletchley Park's historic Block H The UK National Museum of Computing will open its new Bombe gallery this weekend at Bletchley Park in Milton Keynes after a successful...

Malwarebytes Scores Legal Win Over Enigma Software
2017-11-11 15:38

Enigma Software, supplier of software known as SpyHunter, has a notice on its website: "Malwarebytes Inc., the maker of Malwarebytes Anti-Malware ("MBAM") and AdwCleaner, is intentionally blocking...

Hackers stole over $500,000 from Enigma cryptocurrency investors (Help Net Security)
2017-08-22 15:42

Unknown hackers have managed to steal over $500,000 from aspiring investors in the Enigma cryptocurrency investment platform. The Enigma cryptocurrency hack The attack unfolded on Monday (August...

Warning: Enigma Hacked; Over $470,000 in Ethereum Stolen So Far (The Hackers News)
2017-08-21 02:52

More Ethereum Stolen! An unknown hacker has so far stolen more than $471,000 worth of Ethereum—one of the most popular and increasingly valuable cryptocurrencies—in yet another Ethereum hack that...

ShadowBrokers Remain an Enigma (Threatpost)
2017-07-27 19:31

As we approach the first anniversary of the ShadowBrokers, their true identity and source of their stolen NSA exploits remains a mystery.