# known-plaintext attack

> cryptanalytic attack model where the attacker has access to both the plaintext and its encrypted version

**Wikidata**: [Q700583](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q700583)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Known-plaintext_attack)  
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