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Which of the following cryptographic attack refers to extraction of cryptographic secrets (e.g. the password to an encrypted file) from a person by coercion or torture?

Ciphertext-only Attack
Chosen-ciphertext Attack
Adaptive Chosen-plaintext Attack
Rubber Hose Attack

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Answer:Rubber Hose Attack

Step-by-step explanation:Rubber hose attack is the illegal act that refers to the technique in which the encryption of data or text that is usually done which is referred with the term "secret".It is usually encrypts or hides the data like passwords, highly confidential data, sometimes illegal information etc from being decrypted or disclosed.

Therefore,the correct option is rubber hose attack.