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The SZ42 Challenge — Part 13 Level 2

by Nils Kopal, published on 2021-10-06

The Lorenz SZ42, codenamed Tunny, was a German teleprinter encryption device used during WW2. This is the last challenge in a series of 13 level-2 challenges with the SZ42. In this "key breaking" challenge you are provided with one ciphertext and parts of the corresponding plaintext. Can you find the MU wheel patterns and decrypt the ciphertext?