Key clustering: Key clustering refers to a phenomenon in cryptography where different encryption keys produce the same ciphertext from the same plaintext. This can be viewed as a weakness in the encryption algorithm since it effectively reduces the number of unique keys and may allow an attacker more chances to find a key that decrypts the ciphertext successfully.
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