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This page contains some of our preview news clippings.
Please note that the information below has been written some time ago
and my have lost its relevance by now. The information is retained here
for historical reasons only.
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23 December 2015
Although we haven't got an OMI cipher machine in our collection yet,
we have gathered enough information about them to present some technical
details and backgrounds of these hardly known Italian cipher machines.
The first OMI cipher machine
was built in 1939, just before the outbreak
of WWII, and is very similar to the
Zählwerk Enigma.
➤ OMI cipher machines
➤ History of OMI
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Enigma-E kits in stock again
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26 October 2015
During the 1970s and 80s, the IBM Selectric was a popular typewriter
with a unique replaceable print ball that provided superiour
quality. It was widely used at the US Embassies around the world
for typing classified documents.
Unknown to the Americans however, the Soviets managed to plant bugs
inside these typewriters, which remained undiscovered for eight years.
Crypto Museum now explains how the bug worked and how they were
eventually found.
➤ More information
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28 September 2015
A few years ago, Crypto Museum aquired the spy radio set shown in the
image on the right. It is listed in the Louis Meulstee's book Wireless
for the Warrior, Volume 4, as the French 1950s Minature, but
we now have reason to believe that it is not French but rather East-European.
Please help us identifying this radio set.
➤ More information
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Czechoslovakian spy radios
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In June 2015, Crypto Museum received a large collection of
Czechoslovakian spy radio sets and related equipment
from a 'former user'.
As a result, we have been able to add an all new section to the
spy radio chapter, showing some of the equipment that was used in this
former federal communist state.
➤ More information
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Secret NSA/Hagelin Agreement
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It has long been rumoured that Crypto AG, a Swiss manufacturer of
cryptographic equipment, has worked together with the American NSA
on a number of occasions, but evidence for this was never found.
Until today that is.
In a 28 minute broadcast on BBC Radio 4, the programme Document reveals
evidence found in the personal archive of NSA cryptographer William Friedman.
Having worked with the BBC on this, Crypto Museum gives a detailed
account of the information found in Friedman's legacy.
➤ Read the full story
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15 July 2015
We have recently acquired our very first historical
British cipher machine,
known as Noreen, or BID/590.
After a lot of work and in-depth
discussions on the newgroups, we have managed to reconstruct the original
Noreen (and Rockex) key tape format and to decode our first real message
on the restored machine.
➤ More information
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5 July 2015
From 26 to 29 June 2015, the annual HAM Radio in Friedrichshafen was held.
Although this is actually a typical Radio Amateur event, in recent years
it has also become a crypto meeting place for collectors from all over the
world.
We found a number of desirable collectables and on Friday Marc and Paul
held a talk about the Enigma Family Tree at the 3rd Annual Crypto Conference.
Read the full story.
➤ Full review
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28 May 2015
Always wanted to be a codebreaker? Now is your chance.
Following the success of the 2012 cryptology challenge on
codebreakers.eu, the team has just launched
a new and exiting match. Basic and Advanced level have already started
and Enigma-level is about to commence.
So, hurry and follow the footsteps of the Enigma codebreakers.
➤ CODEBREAKERS.EU
➤ Facebook
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Enigma M1 found in Denmark
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12 May 2015
In 1992 a Danish fisherman found a mysterious machine in the waters
of the Vemmingbund Fjord. The machine was given to the Danish Post and
Tele Museum were it was kept in storage ever since. Until now that is...
Researchers have now started an investigation in the hope to
determine the exact model and age of the machine and the first results
have revealed that it is an extremely rare Enigma M1.
➤ More information
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16 February 2015
Researchers at EnigmaMuseum.com in the US have discovered that some WWII-era
Enigma machines can be seriously damaged by a certain type of
light-green lamp filter.
As these filters decompose into acetic acid over time,
they can cause corrosion of the key tops, the spare lamps bracket
in the top lid of the wooden case and the filter retaining clips.
➤ More information
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