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Mafia Boss Using Crook Crypto Captured

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the never-heard-of-pgp-and-email dept.

boggis writes "Discovery is running a story on Bernardo Provenzano, the recently arrested 'boss of bosses' of the Sicilian Mafia. He apparently wrote notes to his henchmen using a modified form of the Caesar Cipher, which was easily cracked by the police and resulted in further arrests of collaborators. Discovery's cryptography expert describes it as a code that 'will keep your kid sister out'."

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  1. Proving once again... by BadDoggie · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    Security through obscurity doesn't work. (And how much more obscure can you get than a 2,000-year-old-code?)

    Actually, what it tells you is to stay in school, kids. This mook dropped out when he was 8.

    woof.