Code-breaking hits UK classrooms

UK schools are being urged to take part in a code-breaking competition aiming to find new computer experts. In the first of a two-part series, DW looks at how the past is inspiring a new generation of code-breakers. The UK has just launched its biggest ever search for code-breakers and computer whiz kids. It's the latest strategy in the global fight against one of the world's biggest threats: cyberattacks. In the competition, known as the Cyber Security Challenge, teenagers aged 14 to 16 will pit their wits against each other to crack codes, decipher cryptic messages, and write their own brainteasers. The contest was set up by the computer industry and is partly funded by the...