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Crypto Museum

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Crypto Museum is all about historical cipher machines, spy radio sets, covert equipment, radio direction finders, intercept, spy cameras and much, much more.

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Crypto Museum @cryptomuseum.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
This gorgeous little spy radio receiver was developed in 1980 by the East-German intelligence service - the Stasi. It is modular and has a digital readout: www.cryptomuseum.com/spy/fle/
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FLE receiver (32310)
Minature modular HF receiver developed by the intelligence service of the former DDR, the Stasi.
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VirtualColossus @virtualcolossus.bsky.social · 21/12/2025
Previously unknown instructions & settings sheets for the SG-41 have been discovered in Czech archives! Thanks to Eugen Antal, Carola Dahlke & Robert Jahn who published them in Cryptologia. I've been working to bring these into Virtual SG-41 @tnmoc.bsky.social @cryptomuseum.bsky.social
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Crypto Museum @cryptomuseum.bsky.social · 27/12/2025
This wristwatch was used from 1974 onward by the German Federal Intelligence Service (BND). It contains a covert transmitter that can be used by an intelligence officer to signal a distress situation. www.cryptomuseum.com/covert/bugs/...
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ABU covert distress transmitter
Real watch with built-in distress transmitter, used by intelligence services for the protection of officers and VIPs.
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Crypto Museum @cryptomuseum.bsky.social · 27/07/2025
This receiver from Watkins-Johnson played an important role in the Watergate Scandal (1972-1974) that eventually led to the resignation of US President Nixon in 1974. www.cryptomuseum.com/df/wj/rs111/
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RS-111-1B receiver
Watkin-Johnson RS-111 surveillance receiver, introduced in 1963 by CEI and produced until 1980. Played an important role in the Watergate Scandal.
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VirtualColossus @virtualcolossus.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
Sometimes I can see how the mechanism works from the scans, but in complex cases, it can be best to just model it and see what happens. The rotor stepping of the SG-41 mechanism is in the second type! The answer is mind-blowing! @tnmoc.bsky.social @threejs.org @cryptomuseum.bsky.social
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Crypto Museum @cryptomuseum.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
This device was used by the German Army to capture and decode Yugoslav telegraphy signals in Kosovo: www.cryptomuseum.com/telex/rs/ga0...
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GA-082
Rohde & Schwarz GA-082 FSK analyzer, used from 1983 onwards for interception and analysis of telegraphy signals.
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Crypto Museum @cryptomuseum.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
Check out this power supply unit of 1965. It was used with the Fialka cipher machine (M-125) and proves that the Russians were well aware of TEMPEST and side-channel attacks. www.cryptomuseum.com/crypto/fialk...
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BPK-125
Fialka power supply unit with TEMPEST features
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Kenn White @kennwhite.bsky.social · 30/10/2024
A deeper look at recent claims by Chinese media of a “real and substantial” quantum computing “breakthrough” to attack SPNs, the underlying algorithms of modern cryptography including AES. Via @dangoodin.bsky.social. TL;DR: Turns out, the death of modern cryptography is greatly exaggerated.
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Here’s the paper no one read before declaring the demise of modern cryptography
The advance was incremental at best. So why did so many think it was a breakthrough?
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Ana Logg @adjordan.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
"Chinese scientists reveal D-Wave’s quantum computers can break RSA encryption, signaling an urgent need for new cryptography solutions." 😮 www.thebrighterside.news/post/for-the....
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For the first time ever researchers crack RSA and AES data encryption
Chinese scientists reveal D-Wave's quantum computers can break RSA encryption, signaling an urgent need for new cryptography solutions.
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Crypto Museum @cryptomuseum.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
Just a quick message to let you all know that @cryptomuseum is now also active on Bluesky. Crypto Museum is a non-profit virtual museum for everyone interested in the history and technology of cryptography (such as Enigma), spy radio, covert devices and much more. Visit us at www.cryptomuseum.com
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Historical cipher machines and much more
Crypto Museum preserves the history of cipher machines, spy radio sets, covert equipment, TSCM, intelligence services and much more, and provides in-depth technical details.
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