Varus on Nostr: "German-speaking experts developed and used decryption computers to decipher coded ...
"German-speaking experts developed and used decryption computers to decipher coded transmissions from the United States, United Kingdom, Soviet Union, and other countries. Even highly secret coded messages between Washington and London were routinely intercepted and decrypted. The German system for decrypting Soviet communications (sometimes called “Russian Fish”) was especially advanced, and it accomplished a feat that the United States and United Kingdom had been unable to achieve. That system was also captured by Allied countries and became the basis for much Cold War technology. Most of the details regarding the technology and its history remain secret even now. "
What the prisoners told Campaigne would lead
to one of the most important, and most secret, discoveries in the history of Cold War codebreaking. Their command, they said, had built a machine that broke the highest level Russian cipher system.
It was a massive haul of some 71 1⁄2 tons.
Over the next several days the dark gray equipment was carefully lifted from its crates and set up in the basement of the building. Then, like magic, high-level encrypted Russian communications, pulled from the ether, began spewing forth in readable plaintext.
The Russian system involved dividing the transmissions into nine separate parts and then transmitting them on nine different channels. The German machines were able to take the intercepted signals and stitch them back together again in the proper order. For Campaigne and the rest of the TICOM team, it was a once-in-a-lifetime discovery. Back in Washington, Campaigne would eventually go on to become chief of research at NSA. [...]
What the prisoners told Campaigne would lead
to one of the most important, and most secret, discoveries in the history of Cold War codebreaking. Their command, they said, had built a machine that broke the highest level Russian cipher system.
It was a massive haul of some 71 1⁄2 tons.
Over the next several days the dark gray equipment was carefully lifted from its crates and set up in the basement of the building. Then, like magic, high-level encrypted Russian communications, pulled from the ether, began spewing forth in readable plaintext.
The Russian system involved dividing the transmissions into nine separate parts and then transmitting them on nine different channels. The German machines were able to take the intercepted signals and stitch them back together again in the proper order. For Campaigne and the rest of the TICOM team, it was a once-in-a-lifetime discovery. Back in Washington, Campaigne would eventually go on to become chief of research at NSA. [...]