Which of the following best describes cryptanalysis?

1.cryptanalsysis is the act of converting ciphertext to plaintext
2.cryptanalsysis is the act of converting plaintext into ciphertext
3.cryptanalsysis is the statical analysis of codes,ciphers,or encrypted text with the intent of decrypting encoded messages
4.cryptanalysis is the art of protecting information and communications using codes

3. Cryptanalysis is the statistical analysis of codes, ciphers, or encrypted text with the intent of decrypting encoded messages.