This was the punishment for breaking a cryptology oath during WWII
Throughout the second World War, the United states relied heavily on cryptology — a form of communication where language was hidden or written in code so that it could not…
How 3 amateur code breakers solved the Zodiac Killer’s ‘340 Cipher’ 51 years later
An unidentified serial killer murdered five victims in Northern California between 1968 and 1969. The killer then taunted the police and terrorized the public through threatening handwritten letters he sent…
World War II secret code breaker finds life’s purpose in a drawer
It was 1945, and the world was at war. Charles Hessemer was just 17 years old when he took a drive to Detroit, Michigan with a friend to enlist in the United States Navy. Hessemer’s older brother had already joined and was in Europe fighting. Hesse…