American cryptologists needed almost two years to break the KGB's encryption used in VENONA-related communications.
Sources
- Venona Documents - National Security Agency (nsa.gov)
- https://mathweb.ucsd.edu/~crypto/Projects/KyleCai/spiesandcrypto.htm (mathweb.ucsd.edu)
- https://cryptologicfoundation.org/community/cryptologic-history/cryptologic-history-calendar.html/event/2026/02/01/1769943600/1943-sis-began-venona-project/513511 (cryptologicfoundation.org)
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