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Man Pleads Guilty to Stealing Enigma Machine

Posted by timothy on from the or-at-least-touching-it dept.

Adler writes: "A man has pleaded guilty to to 'handling' the stolen Enigma machine in the UK. Its a short piece, but says that some vital parts of the machine are still missing. A longer BBC News piece is here." You may remember when this was first stolen, then held for ransom, then recovered -- this is the mopping up part.

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  1. Re:Turing would be turning in his grave ... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    hey retard turing would have loved a backdoor in it.

    Every day he spent racking his brain tryng to crack it 1000s of people where dying.

    Of course he would want a backdoor in it dumb ass.

    sheesh.

  2. Re:Before we all start rewriting history again... by Looge+Over+All! · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Urban myth.

    Read real grown up books for real grown up facts little boy.

  3. Re:On a related note by Looge+Over+All! · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Poles smuggled a copied enigma machine to the British.
    That idea that they broke the Enigma code is the most childish of urban myths.

    Consider yourself extremely stupid or gullible for believing that one.

  4. I really need to stop skimming and start reading.. by zugtastic · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    ..because I coulda sworn it said an "enema machine" was stolen....