B. Cryptanalysis is the act of obtaining plain text from cipher text without a key. Cryptanalysis is the study of breaking encryption systems. Although it can mean obtaining the plain text from the cipher text without a key, it can also mean that the cryptosystem was cracked because someone found a weakness in the cryptosystem’s implementation. Such was the case with wired equivalent privacy (WEP). Solution B. Cryptanalysis is the act of obtaining plain text from cipher text without a key. Cryptanalysis is the study of breaking encryption systems. Although it can mean obtaining the plain text from the cipher text without a key, it can also mean that the cryptosystem was cracked because someone found a weakness in the cryptosystem’s implementation. Such was the case with wired equivalent privacy (WEP)..