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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. If only... by BIGJIMSLATE · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...he could've stolen U-571 before the audiences were forced to watch that crap.

    I'd have to give him a medal if he did that. ;)

  2. Turing would be turning in his grave ... by srealm · · Score: 5, Funny

    As the US government now demands that a backdoor be put into this World War II relic ... it WAS considered 'strong' encryption in World War II anyway ...