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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.
➤ Click here for the latest news
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Original Russian Fialka wheel wiring recovered
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23 December 2017
A few months ago, an original Russian Fialka machine was rediscovered
in Russia. It had previously belonged to a high-ranking KGB official,
who received the machine as a gift on his retirement.
Surprisingly, it was found with the original Russian cipher
wheels intact.
The machine is now in the collection of Crypto Museum and has
enabled us to trace the wiring of the original Russian cipher wheels.
➤ More information
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12 December 2017
One of the greatest traditons of the Dutch intelligence agency AIVD,
is the annual Christmas Crypto Challenge. This time it runs
from 12 December 2017 to 15 January 2018.
The winner gets eternal fame plug a desirable cup.
Only available in the Dutch language.
➤ More information
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Enigma Education Centre in Poznań (Poland)
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22 November 2017
We are pleased to announce that Poland will finally get a professional
Enigma Education Centre, that will provide information about the Enigma
cipher machine and the work of a number of important codebreakers
throughout history. The centre will be based in the city of Poznan
and will open in 2019.
➤ More information
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The International Cryptology Game
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27 September 2017
We are pleased to announce that a new edition of
The International Cryptology Game,
devoted to mathematicians who broke the Enigma Code 85
years ago, has now started. Their great secret work contributed to the
success of the Allies during World War II. Sign up and join in now.
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The game combines elements of history, math and logics.
Teams, consisting of three people each, are involved in the struggle,
learning about encryption and decryption methods that will be used
to solve virtual puzzles
and to break more and more difficult messages as you go along.
Especially important is the fact that anyone can become a cryptologist — only
writing skills are needed — as the game takes place on 3 levels
of difficulty: (1) BASIC
(where you do not need any knowledge of codebreaking),
(2) ADVENTURE,
and (3) ENIGMA level,
with people from all over the world, who have participated
in the previous editions of the game.
Here is what to do:
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- Team registration from now to 24 November at www.codebreakers.eu
- BASIC LEVEL starts on 25 September (decisive challenge 13 October)
- ADVENTURE LEVEL starts on 16 October (decisive challenge 3 November)
- ENIGMA LEVEL starts on 6 November (decisive challenge 24 November)
- Full details are available at www.codebreakers.eu
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TU/e : Security in Times of Surveillance
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19 May 2017
On Monday 29 May 2017, the Eindhoven Institute for the Protection of Systems
and Information (Ei/PSI) organizes a one-day event on Security in Times of
Surveillance.
The event will take place in the Blauwe Zaal
of the Technical University (TU/e) in Eindhoven
(Netherlands) and features seven invited talks covering the technical, legal
and political aspects of security and surveillance.
Among the distinguised speakers are
Bill Binney,
former Technical Director
at the NSA,
Daniel Bernstein,
of the University of Illinois and Technische
Universiteit Eindhoven, and Tim Jenkin, communications specialist of
the ANC 1 during the repressive South African apartheid regime.
The program starts at 9:00 and closes at 17:00 with the screening of
The Vula Connection, a film about the role of
secret communications in the anti-apartheid struggle.
During the event, Crypto Museum will have
several unique historical cipher machines
on display at the Auditorium.
Elsewhere in the university building is a semi-permanent exhibition of
even more cryptographic artifacts. Limited seats are available, so
advance registration is mandatory.
➤ Full details of the event
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ANC = African National Congress.
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7 April 2017
It is with great sadness that we have learned that last Monday,
3 April 2017, our great and loyal friend David H. Hamer has passed
away at the age of 82. David was an excellent and respected scholar.
A wise man who could talk with great confidence about nearly
any subject. But he was above all iconic in his knowledge of the
Enigma cipher machine,
and his willingness to share.
We first met David and his wife Joan in 2001, on our first ever trip
to Bletchley Park. He guided us through the world of cipher machines,
brought us in contact with a wide variety of researchers and collectors,
and opened doors for us that would otherwise have remained closed.
It is hard to imagine that we will never see or hear him again. That we
will no longer receive his insightful e-mails. And that we will
not be able to pick his marvelous brain anymore.
Our thoughts are with his wife Joan and his family.
Farewell good friend.
Rest in peace.
Marc and Paul
➤ Read David Hamer's Obituary
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The bugging operation was revealed in 2015 by the Dutch online magazine De
Correspondent, but after a long investigation, Crypto Museum is now able
to fill in many gaps and details, such as the position of the secret observation
post and the equipment that was used in the operation.
➤ Read the full story
➤ Equipment used in the oparation
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30 March 2017
After more than a full year of intensive research, Crypto Museum is
now able to reconstruct the early years of the CIA's super secret
Easy Chair research project (1954-1964).
The intention of the Easy Chair project was to grasp the operating
concept of the
Russian resonant cavity microphone (the
Thing) and to develop new devices based on its principle.
➤ About Easy Chair
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