A cracking way to propose! Computer scientist asks partner to marry him using message encrypted by the Enigma code

On Leap Day this year, Dr Sue Black was sitting on the sofa when her partner presented her with a puzzle. It was his laptop screen, which showed an Enigma machine simulator containing an encrypted message asking her to marry him. On Leap Day this year, Dr Sue Black was sitting on the sofa when her partner presented her with a puzzle. Dr Black, author and computer scientist, is well known for founding the high profile campaign to save Bletchley Park, the central site for Britain's codebreakers during World War Two. She is a senior research associate at University College London.