Question: A plaintext attack can be used by an attacker to figure out the alpha and beta values used to encrypt plaintext with an
A plaintext attack can be used by an attacker to figure out the alpha and beta
values used to encrypt plaintext with an affine cipher. Using the following cipher
text, and what you have learned in class about attacking ciphers, manually derive
the alpha and beta values. Provide the decrypted plaintext when complete. The following
alphabet was used to create this ciphertext: abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
zjcchaqdblahtewneewhzfjactnzafebavdhnuzbetnzafegjzebazbchvdwhncneewnevfvhaebvjze
wnohshxfvhpjbehtwbehbenqlhczebqqmnzehunacqfjchunacewhzfjaceffshxnvhqfjchubetnznp
jbxlqftzfmezfjacqblhewhzfjacfmnxqfxlwhnucewufjrwntnqqnzfjacblahtthqqqfjchubeshxn
vhnacqfjchu
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