The aim of this paper is to trace the development of cipher-writing from the very simple devices of the Ancients to the so-called Chiffre Indéchiffrable, generally called the Vigenère Cipher. The ...

Secret code or foreign language? For machines, it might not matter. Without any prior knowledge, artificial intelligence algorithms have cracked two classic forms of encryption: the Caesar cipher ...

Mozilla has launched Codemoji to teach people how ciphers work and the value of encryption in a world of mass surveillance.

Cipher-cracking AI isn't just for decoding encrypted data—new research shows it can make quick work out of translating human language. A team of researchers from the University of Toronto and ...