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The rotor-cipher machine Another early instance of a side-channel attack occurred in 1965 when the British MI5 agency attempted to crack a cipher used by the Egyptian Embassy in London.

Above that, there was a series of configurable rotors that were the key to the Enigma's encryption capability. First, let's look at just one rotor. One side had electrical contacts for all 26 letters.