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Submitted by alyssa_d· Apr 18, 2026Cryptography
Question
In what type of attack does an attacker try, from several encrypted messages, to figure out the key used in the encryption process?
Options
- AKnown-plaintext attack
- BCiphertext-only attack
- CChosen-Ciphertext attack
- DPlaintext-only attack
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#Cryptography attacks#Ciphertext-only attack#Cryptanalysis