Veteran Bombe operator Ruth Bourne unveiled an Enigma cipher machine, the latest addition to the Turing-Welchman Bombe Gallery at The National Museum of Computing (TNMOC), in celebration of the first ...

The deadline for the National Museum of Computing's crowd-funding appeal for £50,000 expires in a few hours, at 9.30am on Tuesday 13 March. Last-minute donations would be welcome, though it will get ...

UK intelligence agency GCHQ has celebrated its centenary year by releasing emulators for famous code cipher and code breakers used in World War II. Last week, GCHQ said on Twitter that the public can ...

Alan Turing oversaw the development of the Bombe machine, used to crack the German Enigma code The National Museum of Computing (TNMOC) has raised £60,000 in four weeks to house a replica World War ...

Computer historians have staged a re-enactment of World War Two code-cracking at Bletchley Park. A replica code-breaking computer called a Bombe was used to decipher a message scrambled by an Enigma ...

"I was given one sentence, 'We are breaking German codes, end of story'." It was Ruth Bourne's first job out of college, when, like thousands of other young British women during World War II, she was ...

Used during WWII to encrypt messages, the Enigma Machine has a fascinating history and unique workings. This animation delves into its mechanisms and significance. Further topics explored include: - ...

It began as an attempt to avoid loneliness. But in 1944, when young Margaret Francis joined the British military, she became part of a historic project now the subject of a major Oscar contender.

During World War II, the best brains in Britain cracked Germany's encrypted secrets but never broke their own code of silence. Now gray-haired and using walking sticks and at least one wheelchair, the ...

Alan Turing oversaw the development of the Bombe machine, used to crack the German Enigma code The National Museum of Computing (TNMOC) has raised £60,000 in four weeks to house a replica World War ...