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Luigi Sacco

Italian general and cryptanalyst From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Luigi Sacco (1 August 1883 in Alba – 5 December 1970 in Rome) was an Italian general and cryptanalyst.[1]

When Italy entered into World War I, he was a captain serving with radio-telegraphy troops. As specialist in direction finding he led the effort to locate and intercept Austro-Hungarian radiograms on the frontline, but due to a lack cryptanalysts they weren't being decrypted, so in 1916 he had to learn cryptanalysis himself. After the war he wrote books on cryptography.[2]

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Bibliography

Manual of Cryptology ("Manuale di Crittografia") (1936) ISBN 0-89412-016-6

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