by Dan Worth  12 Dec 2014 http://www.v3.co.uk/IMG/532/307532/gchq-crypto-enigma-code-breaking-cyber-security-540x334.png?1418395177 The GCHQ spy post has launched an Android app called Cryptoy designed to entice youngsters into trying their hand at code-breaking.

The app is available for free from the Google Play store, and an iOS version is pegged for release in 2015.

Cryptoy was designed by students on an industrial placement at GCHQ earlier this year, and focuses on four code-breaking methods: Shift, Substitution, Vigenère and Enigma.

The app is designed to uncover young people with a talent for code-breaking and code-setting, in a bid to ensure that the UK has the skilled cyber security experts it needs for the years ahead.

 

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