Ciphertext-only attack

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Ciphertext-only attack

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Ciphertext-only attack - attack model for cryptanalysis where the attacker has access to a set of ciphertexts. Article "Ciphertext-only attack" in English Wikipedia has 6.5 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 0 references and 4 sections. The article also contains quality flaw template, which reduce quality score.

This article has the best quality in Arabic Wikipedia. However, this article is the most popular in English version.

Since the creation of article "Ciphertext-only attack", its content was written by 30 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 111 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 36 times in English Wikipedia and cited 110 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (English): #26315 in June 2004
  • Global: #65144 in June 2004

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (English): #304865 in March 2008
  • Global: #389090 in February 2015

There are 12 language versions for this article in the WikiRank database (of the considered 55 Wikipedia language editions).

The quality and popularity assessment was based on Wikipédia dumps from July 1, 2025 (including revision history and pageviews for previous years).

The table below shows the language versions of the article with the highest quality.

Languages with the highest quality

#LanguageQuality gradeQuality score
1Arabic (ar)
هجوم النص المعمى المعروف
17.6107
2Polish (pl)
Atak z szyfrogramem
13.6163
3Italian (it)
Attacco con solo testo cifrato
10.2729
4Turkish (tr)
Yalnız şifreli metin saldırısı
9.8342
5Russian (ru)
Атака на основе шифротекста
6.9214
6English (en)
Ciphertext-only attack
6.5077
7Ukrainian (uk)
Атака на основі шифротексту
6.3101
8Japanese (ja)
暗号文単独攻撃
5.2196
9Simple English (simple)
Ciphertext-only attack
4.5754
10Portuguese (pt)
Ataque de cifrotexto conhecido
3.754
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The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

Most popular in all the time

The most popular language versions of the article "Ciphertext-only attack" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Ciphertext-only attack
297 437
2Russian (ru)
Атака на основе шифротекста
31 489
3Chinese (zh)
唯密文攻击
28 987
4Simple English (simple)
Ciphertext-only attack
28 958
5Japanese (ja)
暗号文単独攻撃
25 363
6Polish (pl)
Atak z szyfrogramem
19 131
7Italian (it)
Attacco con solo testo cifrato
9 146
8Arabic (ar)
هجوم النص المعمى المعروف
5 631
9Portuguese (pt)
Ataque de cifrotexto conhecido
3 556
10Persian (fa)
حمله متن اصلی
3 039
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

Most popular in June 2025

The most popular language versions of the article "Ciphertext-only attack" in June 2025
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Ciphertext-only attack
897
2Simple English (simple)
Ciphertext-only attack
339
3Chinese (zh)
唯密文攻击
90
4Japanese (ja)
暗号文単独攻撃
79
5Russian (ru)
Атака на основе шифротекста
54
6Italian (it)
Attacco con solo testo cifrato
25
7Turkish (tr)
Yalnız şifreli metin saldırısı
19
8Arabic (ar)
هجوم النص المعمى المعروف
14
9Portuguese (pt)
Ataque de cifrotexto conhecido
11
10Polish (pl)
Atak z szyfrogramem
10
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

The highest AI

Language versions of the article "Ciphertext-only attack" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Ciphertext-only attack
30
2Italian (it)
Attacco con solo testo cifrato
19
3Chinese (zh)
唯密文攻击
11
4Polish (pl)
Atak z szyfrogramem
10
5Simple English (simple)
Ciphertext-only attack
8
6Russian (ru)
Атака на основе шифротекста
7
7Japanese (ja)
暗号文単独攻撃
5
8Turkish (tr)
Yalnız şifreli metin saldırısı
5
9Ukrainian (uk)
Атака на основі шифротексту
5
10Arabic (ar)
هجوم النص المعمى المعروف
4
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

The highest AI in June 2025

Language versions of the article "Ciphertext-only attack" with the highest AI in June 2025
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1Arabic (ar)
هجوم النص المعمى المعروف
0
2English (en)
Ciphertext-only attack
0
3Persian (fa)
حمله متن اصلی
0
4Italian (it)
Attacco con solo testo cifrato
0
5Japanese (ja)
暗号文単独攻撃
0
6Polish (pl)
Atak z szyfrogramem
0
7Portuguese (pt)
Ataque de cifrotexto conhecido
0
8Russian (ru)
Атака на основе шифротекста
0
9Simple English (simple)
Ciphertext-only attack
0
10Turkish (tr)
Yalnız şifreli metin saldırısı
0
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

The highest CI

Language versions of the article "Ciphertext-only attack" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
Ciphertext-only attack
36
2Chinese (zh)
唯密文攻击
13
3Persian (fa)
حمله متن اصلی
12
4Russian (ru)
Атака на основе шифротекста
9
5Italian (it)
Attacco con solo testo cifrato
8
6Arabic (ar)
هجوم النص المعمى المعروف
7
7Turkish (tr)
Yalnız şifreli metin saldırısı
6
8Japanese (ja)
暗号文単独攻撃
5
9Ukrainian (uk)
Атака на основі шифротексту
5
10Polish (pl)
Atak z szyfrogramem
4
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Scores

Estimated value for Wikipedia:
English:
Global:
Popularity in June 2025:
English:
Global:
Popularity in all years:
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Global:
Authors in June 2025:
English:
Global:
Registered authors in all years:
English:
Global:
Citations:
English:
Global:

Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
arArabic
هجوم النص المعمى المعروف
enEnglish
Ciphertext-only attack
faPersian
حمله متن اصلی
itItalian
Attacco con solo testo cifrato
jaJapanese
暗号文単独攻撃
plPolish
Atak z szyfrogramem
ptPortuguese
Ataque de cifrotexto conhecido
ruRussian
Атака на основе шифротекста
simpleSimple English
Ciphertext-only attack
trTurkish
Yalnız şifreli metin saldırısı
ukUkrainian
Атака на основі шифротексту
zhChinese
唯密文攻击

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank English:
#304865
03.2008
Global:
#389090
02.2015

AI rank trends

Best Rank English:
#26315
06.2004
Global:
#65144
06.2004

Languages comparison

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