The Nazis believed the Enigma machines were impossible to crack with 159,000,000,000,000,000,000 possible settings.

Auction house Bonhams says the machine, encased in an oak carrying box and dating from 1944, is expected to fetch up to 50,000 pounds ($79,775) when it goes under the hammer on Oct. 29.

The Enigma Machine was used during WWII by the German Army to get keep messages encrypted. It looks almost like a typewriter. There are 26 keys and 26 letters that can light up. These lights tell ...

June 5, 2017 WWII Enigma Machine and Early Apple Computer Come to Christie’s The infamous coding machine and innovative computer both cross the block on June 15.

Legendary Nazi ‘Enigma’ code machine up for sale for estimated $100,000 It’s one of only around 250 thought to be in existence By Brett Arends Published: Dec. 13, 2019, 3:59 p.m. ET Share ...

The device takes its name from the encryption machine used by Germany during World War II, which employed a coding method that the British and Polish intelligence agencies were secretly able to crack.

A rare 1944 four-rotor M4 Enigma cipher machine, considered one of the hardest challenges for the Allies to decrypt, has sold at a Christie's auction for £347,250 ($437,955).

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This project by [Miro] is awesome, not only did he build a replica Enigma machine using modern technologies, but after completing it, he went back and revised several components to make it more usa… ...

Auction house Bonhams says the machine, encased in an oak carrying box and dating from 1944, is expected to fetch up to 50,000 pounds ($79,775) when it goes under the hammer on Oct. 29.