DES - Data Encryption Standard
Security Accomplishment | 1972
IBM researcher: Don Coppersmith
Where the work was done: IBM T.J. Watson Research Center
What we accomplished: Coppersmith (pictured) is responsible for the encryption standard used after 1976 for almost 30 years by banks and others.
Related links: Wikipedia entry
Image credit: Engineering and Technology History Wiki
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