Klaus Schmeh

Klaus Schmeh ist Experte für historische Verschlüsselungstechnik. Seine Bücher "Nicht zu knacken" (über die zehn größten ungelösten Verschlüsselungsrätsel) und "Codeknacker gegen Codemacher" (über die Geschichte der Verschlüsselungstechnik) sind Standardwerke. In "Klausis Krypto Kolumne" schreibt er über sein Lieblingsthema.

A telegram sent by a British colonel in 1916 still waits to be solved. The encryption method used might be a letter-pair substitution.

Blog reader Christoph Tenzer has solved the Rubik’s Cube challenge I introduced last October. His work is an amazing act of cryptanalysis.

The encrypted inscription on the Kryptos sculpture is one of the most famous crypto mysteries in the world. Recently, a TV documentary about Kryptos was made. Here’s my making-of report.

In 1910, a man living in Bedford, Ohio, received an encrypted postcard. Can a reader decipher it?

In 1909, a woman living in Toledo, Ohio, received an encrypted postcard. Can a reader decipher it?

A few years ago, online magazine “Naked Security” ran a steganography competition. The participants had to hide a given message in an inconspicuous letter using a method developed by British cipher experts in WW2. The results were quite impressing. Can a reader do better anyway?

A Reddit user has posted scans of something that looks like a small codebook. It was found in a prison. Can a reader say more about it?

Alex from the Ukraine has provided me pictures that show two sculptures with an encrypted or abbreviated inscription. I have never seen anything like this before, let alone do I know what the inscriptions mean. Can a reader help?

Electronic engineer Jon D. Paul has rebuilt the quantizer (analog to digital) of the legendary voice encryption machine SIGSALY.

A US magazine has published a letter containing a hidden message written by a prison inmate. The message is given, but the method used has not been published. Can a reader solve this mystery?