The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/cryptography/ News from Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World Tue, 09 Jun 2026 06:33:40 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2018/11/toi_icon_512-200x200.png cryptography | The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/cryptography/ 32 32 Coinbase to buy Israeli company, launch local R&D center https://www.timesofisrael.com/coinbase-to-buy-israeli-company-launch-local-rd-center/ Tue, 30 Nov 2021 20:09:35 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2658707 Leading cryptocurrency exchange firm acquiring Petah Tikva-based Unbound Security, a developer of cryptographic security solutions

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]]> New book deciphers forgotten intel war that kept the Nazis from the Holy Land https://www.timesofisrael.com/new-book-deciphers-forgotten-intel-war-that-kept-the-nazis-from-the-holy-land/ Sat, 20 Mar 2021 02:04:28 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2461242 American-Israeli author Gershom Gorenberg's deeply researched tome serves as a corrective, bringing long-overlooked history of the North Africa campaign in World War II to the fore

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]]> US, German spies plundered global secrets via Swiss encryption firm – report https://www.timesofisrael.com/us-german-spies-plundered-global-secrets-via-swiss-encryption-firm-report/ Tue, 11 Feb 2020 20:13:06 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2239232 'It was the intelligence coup of the century': From end of World War II until early 21st century, Crypto AG said used to spy on some 120 countries while bringing in millions

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]]> Scientists claim to crack an elusive centuries-old code — and it’s Hebrew https://www.timesofisrael.com/scientists-claim-to-crack-an-elusive-centuries-old-code-and-its-hebrew/ Thu, 01 Feb 2018 05:32:49 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1781743 Not so fast, say language, medieval and computer science scholars, who break down the so-called decryption breakthrough

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]]> History behind WWII’s great unsung female codebreaker is finally unravelled https://www.timesofisrael.com/history-behind-wwiis-great-unsung-female-codebreaker-is-finally-unravelled/ Sat, 02 Dec 2017 12:38:49 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1726138 Though her actions helped save countless Allied lives, it takes some digging to find a record of Elizebeth Smith Friedman

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]]> Israeli scientist wins Japan Prize for cryptography work https://www.timesofisrael.com/israeli-scientist-wins-japan-prize-for-cryptography-work/ Thu, 02 Feb 2017 22:58:53 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1554150 Computer science professor Adi Shamir, of the Weizmann Institute in Rehovot, recognized as pioneer in digital information security

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]]> How a handful of Jewish codebreakers helped win the Great Wars https://www.timesofisrael.com/how-a-handful-of-jewish-codebreakers-helped-win-the-great-wars/ Thu, 06 Aug 2015 08:24:29 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1226791 A new exhibition in England's pastoral Bletchley Park examines the seminal roles WWI cryptologists played in paving the road for Allied victory in WWII

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]]> Cracking a codebreaker’s birthday code https://www.timesofisrael.com/cracking-a-codebreakers-birthday-code/ Tue, 27 Nov 2012 07:46:56 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=294986 Three Israeli kids -- one of them just 9 -- sifted through a half billion 0's and 1's, and came up with a birthday present that would have made master cryptanalyst Alan Turing proud

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]]> Cryptography theorists brainstorm better bit and byte borders https://www.timesofisrael.com/cryptography-theorists-brainstorm-better-bit-and-byte-borders/ Tue, 06 Mar 2012 17:57:35 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=27555 Dozens of the world's experts gathered at Bar-Ilan University to discuss the crypto-technologies of tomorrow

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