Recent Cryptologic Bytes
Featuring a selection of recent bytes, as well as a few classics we like to keep on hand.
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US Navy Senior Chief Cryptologic Technician Shannon M. Kent was honored on 28 Feb 2019 at a ceremony at NSA during which her name became the 177th on the Cryptologic Memorial Wall. Kent, an Arabic linguist with Fort Meade's Cryptologic Warfare Activity 66, was killed during a suicide bombing in the Syrian town of Manbij on 16 Jan 2019.
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NCMF Board Member, Dr. Edmund O. Schweitzer III, is being inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame for his invention of the Digital Protective Relay.
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Blum's coverage of the espionage case of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg is an account of the two men who were principally responsible for tracking down the Rosenbergs: Robert Lamphere, an F.B.I. counterintelligence agent, and Meredith Gardner, the most experienced and able code-breaker working for the United States government.
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Check out "The Cypher Bureau" by Eilidh McGinness - a work of historical fiction that spotlights the early successes at breaking the Enigma by the Polish Cipher Bureau
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The August 2018 issue of "America in WWII" magazine features an article about the National Cryptologic Museum by Robert Gabrick. In his article, "Motel of Secrets," Gabrick explores the history of the Museum and introduces the reader to the various machines and exhibits that make the Museum unique.
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Often referred to as the world's most beautiful woman, Hollywood actress Hedy Lamarr was an ingenious inventor whose pioneering work helped revolutionize modern communication. The new documentary "Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story" explores how Lamarr’s true legacy is that of a technological trailblazer.
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Check out this essay on Slate.com, adapted from Code Girls, by Liza Mundy, published by Hachette Books. Code Girls is the story of the groundbreaking female naval cryptographer who helped change the course of World War II. Yes, we are speaking of Agnes Meyer Driscoll. Click on the title or image to learn more.
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In honor of Women's History Month - March 2018 - the NCM's Lou Leto and Jen Wilcox contributed a guest post highlighting the accomplishments of women codebreakers of WWII for the Smithsonian's Air & Space Museum's website.
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The NCMF's social media community responded to our request for book recommendations from their own cryptologic libraries. Check out their suggestions and see what you might add to your library. If you have books to add to the list, please email webadmin@cryptologicfoundation.org
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This 2014 article by Gordon Corera for BBC News explores a common misconception about who cracked the Enigma code. The first breakthrough in the battle to crack Nazi Germany's Enigma code was made not in Bletchley Park but in Warsaw, thanks to the hard work and determination of Polish mathematicians and codebreakers.
