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Here is a list of past presentations at ICCH. The most recent presentation is at the top. Click on each listing to reveal more information below, including the speaker, presentation description and to access recordings.
Note: Effort has been made to ensure that the information on each presentation is accurate and up-to-date. To suggest a correction please contact the ICCH webmaster Patrick Hayes at .
The history of espionage has been inextricably linked with encryption technology for centuries in a fascinating way. The German Chancellor's spy Günter Guillaume was unmasked in 1974 because West German codebreakers were able to solve encrypted GDR radio messages. Deciphered secret messages were also the undoing of nuclear spy Klaus Fuchs in the 1940s and the legendary Mata Hari in the 1920s. Other secret agents, however, got away with it because their encryption methods proved to be secure. Klaus and Elonka will go over these, and many other cipher-related spy stories throughout history.
November 19, 2023
Here is a list of past presentations at ICCH. The most recent presentation is at the top. Click on each listing to reveal more information below, including the speaker, as well as the presentation date and description. Presentation recordings are available separately, in the ICCH Portal.
To view upcoming ICCH presentations, click here.
Note: Effort has been made to ensure that the information on each presentation is accurate and up-to-date. To suggest a correction please contact the ICCH webmaster Patrick Hayes at info@cryptologichistory.org.
The history of espionage has been inextricably linked with encryption technology for centuries in a fascinating way. The German Chancellor's spy Günter Guillaume was unmasked in 1974 because West German codebreakers were able to solve encrypted GDR radio messages. Deciphered secret messages were also the undoing of nuclear spy Klaus Fuchs in the 1940s and the legendary Mata Hari in the 1920s. Other secret agents, however, got away with it because their encryption methods proved to be secure. Klaus and Elonka will go over these, and many other cipher-related spy stories throughout history.
November 19, 2023
