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The Enigma encryption machine was a diabolical figure that needed an extraordinary effort to decrypt Alan Turing and his colleagues. However, experts say it would have been distorted in front of modern computers.
AI would crack second world war Enigma code in seconds, say experts
The Enigma code, once deemed unbreakable by Nazi Germany and famously cracked by Alan Turing and his team at Bletchley Park, would pose little challenge to modern computing power, say technology experts. The cipher, which relied on a mechanical device with rotating rotors and complex plugboard settings, once required massive effort and ingenuity to decode. But today, the same task could be completed in mere minutes using advanced software and pr…
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11 months: that's about the time Alan Turing took to decipher Enigma. With AI today, it would only take a few minutes, if not a few seconds. Alan Turing and his teams deciphered Enigma M4, the most advanced version of German encryption during the Second World War.
The Enigma encryption machine was a diabolical figure that needed an extraordinary effort to decrypt Alan Turing and his colleagues. However, experts say it would have been distorted in front of modern computers, according to The Guardian.
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