Martin Hellman

Martin Hellman is a computer scientist renowned for his work in cryptography, especially for co-developing public key cryptography in the 1970s. This breakthrough allows people to securely exchange information over insecure channels without sharing secret keys beforehand. His work, along with Whitfield Diffie, revolutionized digital security, enabling secure online communication, banking, and privacy. Hellman’s contributions have profoundly impacted data protection and cybersecurity, laying the foundation for many modern encryption methods used today.