This year’s badge is designed to represent a single tooth on a single rotor of an Enigma machine. The full function of an Enigma machine is quite complex, but an individual device has three ...

The German Enigma device has always been a fascinating ... but using a stylus to tap the rotors you want to spin or the wires you want plugged in makes for a more immersive experience than many ...

This English country estate offers a close-up look at the cryptographic hardware used to decode Nazi Germany’s encrypted ...

Photo: A four-rotor German Enigma cipher machine made during WW2. This rare machine is thought to have been used in the post-war years for coding Swiss diplomatic traffic. (SSPL/Getty Images ...

Using X-ray Computed Tomography (CT), features inside the Enigma’s metal casing were revealed, including the wiring and structure of the rotors that encrypted messages sent using the machine. The CT ...

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