Day: October 7, 2024

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Security and Intelligence

@SpiesVespers: #OTD Oct 7, 1849 #Edgar_Allan_Poedied. Amateur #cryptographerwho also wrote stuff. Fun Fact: Edgar Allan Poe’s story The Gold Bug inspired William Friedman, who helped break the Japanese Purple Code during WWII. Lectures he later gave at the NSA referenced Poe’s story.