Tag: codebreaking
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AI Decrypts 1809 Cipher
In a groundbreaking feat, artificial intelligence has cracked a 200-year-old cipher written by Napoleon's nephew in 1809. This historic code, shrouded in mystery for centuries, has finally yielded its secrets to the power of AI.
Academics Crack 15th-Century Diplomatic Cipher
Meet Pedro de Ayala, a 15th-century diplomat who took infosec to new heights by encrypting sensitive royal gossip with clever symbols - only to have his secrets cracked 500 years later by some codebreaking academics. His creative encryption method, which combined symbol substitutions with deliberate omissions, kept his messages safe from prying eyes for centuries.