A Birthday attack is a type of cryptographic attack that takes advantage of the mathematics behind the birthday problem in probability theory. It has implications for various cryptographic algorithms, particularly those that involve hash functions. ### How the Birthday Attack Works: 1. **Birthday Paradox**: The birthday problem refers to the counterintuitive probability that in a group of people, the chance that at least two people share a birthday is surprisingly high, even for a small group.
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