Cracking the world famous Enigma Machine with artificial intelligence in just 13 minutes 7wData

The work of the British codebreakers at Bletchley Park during World War II is now a famous tale of genius, perseverance and success that saved the lives of civilians and troops alike and supposedly shortened the war by as many as two years. Using mathematical and deciphering skills as well as innovative computer technology, the supposedly unbreakable Enigma code was cracked, allowing British intelligence to discover where hostile U-boats, ships and troops were heading so that Allied troop and convoy vessels could alter their routes accordingly. The Enigma machine was so complex that its most advanced incarnation could be configured 158,962,555,217,826,360,000 different ways but had one flaw which led to its downfall - no letter could be substituted for itself. Even with this knowledge it took years many brilliant men to women months to crack the code. At the Imperial War Museum last week, two companies – DigitalOcean and Enigma Pattern – used the latest AI technology to decipher a German message in a live demonstration. Author Simon Singh, who has written on code breaking, explained the context and the importance of the encrypting machine.