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.
Luke Eisenhardt
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
Rachel Borowski
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.
Luke Eisenhardt
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
Rachel Borowski

Turing wwii

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    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.
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    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
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    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.
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    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
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