turing

1. John Buccheri
Volume I Issue 41
ILLUSTRATED WEEKLY NEWSPAPER
Est. 1908 Wednesday, June 23, 1942 Price 5¢
WWII: Germany’s Codes Cracked
Speech Encipher Turingery Spoils Turing-Welchman
in the Works German Plans Bombe Delivers
In a mission codenamed Although a physical Previously unable to decisively
“Delilah”, a handheld, voice machine has yet to be decode German messages
communications device has created, Alan Turing has through their Enigma system,
been in development at the uncovered a manual English logician and computer
Secret Service’s Radio method in which the s c i e n t i s t A l a n Tu r i n g h a s
Headquarters in Lorenz cipher can be collaborated efforts with
Buckinghamshire, England. broken. Nicknamed mathematician Gordon
Looking to electronically “Turingery”, this process Welchman in an attempt to
encipher speech, Allied is derived from a code- alleviate this pressing issue.
researchers have been breaking strategy known Serving as a more effective
working tirelessly to create a as wheel breaking, which version of the Polish’s creation,
product for long-distance use analyzes imprint The Turing-Welchman bombe is
overseas. As of yet, the imperfections from active currently an integral part of the
transmissions have been cams on the wheels of the Allied attack on Axis cryptology.
unable to pass military German encryption Now two years since the first
testing, but leading machine. The Allies are installation on March 18, 1940,
researchers are confident this now capable of translating there are now over 50 in
technology will be perfected the Germans’ encoded operation throughout the US and
before the conclusion of the messages produced by the Western Europe. Government
war. If implemented, this SZ40 and SZ42, two of officials estimate that as many as
device could their often used rotor two hundred could be created to
stream cipher machines. meet the needs of the war.

2. Luke Eisenhardt

3. Comics
Nancy Tu
My Potential Fun List: More Water Amusement:
ü Hack into Power Plant and power ü Destroy infrastructure
substation ü More hacking fun to produce:
² Shut down the plant ² Release the untreated
² Infect with software
sewage!
virus
² Shut down of plant
² Change settings to
destroy equipment
² Clogged and backed up
² If nuclear power plant: sewers
release radiation! ² SEWAGE SPILL!!!
Drinking Water Hoopla:
ü Contaminate water sources
ü Contaminate cleaned water
with bacteria, virus etc.
ü Release unpurified water
ü Hack into control system
² Refer to left for list
of fun things to do
with a hacked system!
Oh the options! Thank you Alan Turing!
Alan
Turing

4. Rachel Borowski

5. John Buccheri
Volume I Issue 41
ILLUSTRATED WEEKLY NEWSPAPER
Est. 1908 Wednesday, June 23, 1942 Price 5¢
WWII: Germany Invades Boston
Soldiers Fighting Emergency Draft German Coding
Domestically Expected Baffles Analysts
In a shocking turn of events, Still crippled from the As a result of US cryptologists’
Germany and the Axis attack on Pearl Harbor by inability to create an efficient
powers have begun invading the Japanese on December mechanical machine designed to
the United States within its 7th, t h e m i l i t a r y i s “crack the German code”, the
own territory. Only six struggling to maintain Allies have continued to use the
months after declaring war sufficient soldiers to Polish bomba kryptologiczna.
with President Roosevelt and combat the German forces Originally seen as an short term
the nation, Germany has both domestically and solution to a larger, looming
begun sending troops to their abroad in Western Europe. problem, the Polish bombe has
post held in Boston in With over 5 million had limited effectiveness in
preparation for a potentially soldiers deployed overseas translating the cryptic German
widespread attack on all and 200,000 Americans Enigma. Without the ability to
major cities in the Northeast. killed in action, the armed decode secret messages intended
Most detrimental to the US forces may need to call for the eyes of Axis powers only,
military’s chances of upon another military the United States has been unsure
fending this attack is that draft. If such is the case, of their enemy’s plans for both
they have been completely men between 18-45 will the immediate, as well as long
unaware of such an invasion await to hear if they are term future ahead. Analysts argue
to be in the works, leaving called upon to defend their that without an improved version
the military scrambling for country. In the meantime, of the Polish bombe, the US
soldiers and supplies while anxious mothers will pray military could inadvertently walk
an inevitable series of attacks at home for peace. into a war-conceding onslaught.
looms ahead.

6. Luke Eisenhardt

7. Comics
Nancy Tu
My Potential Fun List: More Water Amusement:
o Bombing? o Bombing?
o Burn it down? o Spit in the cleaned water?
o Try to push it down? o Deposit fecal matter into
o Hope it fails? cleaner water?
o Hope people get sick?
Drinking Water Hoopla:
o Bombing?
o Spit in the water?
o Urinate in the water?
o Hope it explodes?
Great, now what can I do? Hope?
John
Doe

8. Rachel Borowski