World War I Coded Message Appears Cracked, Finally
World War I Coded Message Appears Cracked, Finally No comments by: Al Williams September 20, 2026 Title: Copy Short Link: Copy When you think of wartime cryptography, you probably think of World War II and Enigma, although there were other famous codes used during that war. But in fact, there have been codes used through wars and in peacetime for much longer. Of course, World War I, or The Great War, as it would have been known, had its share of codes and, as you might expect, most of these have been broken long ago.
- ▪World War I Coded Message Appears Cracked, Finally No comments by: Al Williams September 20, 2026 Title: Copy Short Link: Copy When you think of wartime cryptography, you probably think of World War II and Enigma, although there were other
- ▪But in fact, there have been codes used through wars and in peacetime for much longer.
- ▪Of course, World War I, or The Great War, as it would have been known, had its share of codes and, as you might expect, most of these have been broken long ago.
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World War I Coded Message Appears Cracked, Finally No comments by: Al Williams September 20, 2026 Title: Copy Short Link: Copy When you think of wartime cryptography, you probably think of World War II and Enigma, although there were other famous codes used during that war. But in fact, there have been codes used through wars and in peacetime for much longer. Even the Romans used codes. Of course, World War I, or The Great War, as it would have been known, had its share of codes and, as you might expect, most of these have been broken long ago. Most of them. But apparently an AI model, GPT-6 Astra, recently cracked one that was previously undeciphered. If you aren’t up on century-old cryptography, the ADFGVX cipher appeared in 1918.
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