Armed with just a pencil and paper, suburban mother Elizebeth Friedman cracks the codes that bring down the mob, save countless lives in World War II, and prevent a Nazi invasion of America.
A naval officer with a penchant for crosswords attempts stop the Japanese onslaught and turn the War in the Pacific in America's favor following the horror of the attack on Pearl Harbor.
Criminal gangs across the world use highly encrypted phones to stay under the radar; the police are always one step behind until a team of investigators works out how to turn the phones against the criminals and catch them red-handed.
An encrypted German telegram could save Britain in its darkest hour; a team of eccentric geniuses attempts to decode the message in time, even if revealing its contents may forever damage Britain's relationship with its ally, America.
An international coalition of law enforcement agencies hacks into an encrypted phone service used by some of the world's biggest organized crime networks, laying bare information on everything from gang hits to the sale of Class A drugs and weapons.