Unbreakable Codes and Ciphers You Need To Know About

People have always wanted to prevent some knowledge from being revealed to others. Various parties need the confidentiality of communications concerning financial transactions, natural security, military strategies and even a few amorous rendezvous. In this information age, one would think that the solutions to almost everything are right at one’s fingertips. Codes and ciphers have been in existence for many centuries and there are a few that cause experienced cryptologists of today baffled. Here are five codes and ciphers that are unbreakable. Who knows, you might be interested in coding too!\r \r 1. Dorabelle Cipher\r \r In the eighteenth century, Edward Elgar, who was fond of Dora Penny, nicknamed her Dorabelle and wrote her an encrypted letter. He did too much of an outstanding  job at disguising his message because Penny was unable to decipher the message. The meaning of the eighty-seven characters that he wrote on three lines continues to remain a mystery. It is believed that the cipher consists of twenty-four symbols with each of them being made of one to three semicircles placed in eight directions.\r \r 2. Indus Script\r \r The civilization also referred to as the Mature Harappan Civilization is known for their many advances between 2600 and 1800 BC. Several attempts have been made to decode the Indus Script but this has been a challenge. Many historians from Britain and teams from Russia and Finland have attempted to crack the symbolic messages of the Indus people. It is believed that their writing was the foundation for ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics. It is amazing that this ancient language has continued to be a mystery and eludes decipherment to date.\r \r 3. Chinese Gold Bars Ciphers\r \r In 1933, seven gold bars were issued to General Wang from Shanghai, China. General Wang had no idea why he was gifted with such an elaborate gift. From all indications, these gold bars represented metal certificates that were related to the bank deposits and shares with a U.S Bank. On these gold bars are pictures, Chinese writing, script and cryptograms in what seems to be Latin letters. The Chinese writing has been translated and gives the weight of the bars, that being 1.8 kilograms. The Chinese writing explains a transaction of over $300,000,000. To date, no one has been able to decipher all the messages on the bars of gold.\r \r 4. D’Agepeyeff Cipher\r \r A book of cryptography was written by Alexander D'Agapeyeff in 1939. He was a Russian-born English cryptographer and cartographer. The D’Agepeyeff cipher which has not yet been cracked is described in the first edition of “Codes and Ciphers.” There was a cipher challenge on the last page of his book. Many people accepted the invitation to test their skills, but this cipher remains unbroken to date. It is often found on the list of cipher enigmas. Even D’Agapeyeff was unable to crack his most famous code because it was so challenging. Some say that D’Agepeyeff was an amateur cryptographer who had just begun to dabble with it.\r \r 5. McCormick Cipher\r \r Two years after Ricky McCormick was found lifeless, two notes were found in his pocket.  The detectives thought these were clues to solve the mystery of his demise but had no luck in deciphering the contents of the notes.  Neither the American Cryptology Association and the Cryptanalysis and Racketeering Recording Unite were able to crack it.  McCormick’s family revealed that from a child he wrote in ciphers.  There were more than thirty lines of ciphertext which included numbers, dashes, letters and parenthesis.