Also developed in parallel by GCHQ, but they didn't realize the potential and it was classified for 27 years: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public-key_cryptogr

Also developed in parallel by GCHQ, but they didn't realize the potential and it was classified for 27 years: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public-key_cryptography#Classified_discovery https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public-key_cryptography#Classi...