Betcha it was Those Guys Off U-571

Thieves have made of with an Enigma cipher machine that formed the centrepiece of a museum commemorating Britain's wartime codebreakers. The machine, one of only three German Army three-rotor machines still in existence and valued at US $230,000, was stolen in April 2000 from the site in Milton Keynes, north of London. Police searched for clues as to the whereabouts of the machine, which was kept in a glass cabinet in the mansion at Bletchley Park, which served as the centre for the British wartime code-breaking operation.

One theory was that the thieves had had their attention drawn to the machine by a recent visit to Bletchley Park by Mick Jagger and Kate Winslet. They were gathering material for their new film Enigma, based on Robert Harris' book about attempts to break Nazi cipher codes. (The Daily Telegraph)

More on Cell Phones

The British Army's 25-year-old "Clansman" battlefield radio system is so unreliable that soldiers are routinely using mobile phones to communicate during training exercises. An estimated 5,000 mobile phones are in service with the army. Because units can order phones from civilian firms and pay for them out of private funds, there is no central monitoring for their use. This trend has led to concerns that security could be compromised if sensitive conversations are monitored (or if you get a call from your wife while waiting to spring an ambush!). The situation is not expected to change soon: the replacement radio system is more than eight years behind schedule.

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