In El-Gamal Algorithm, the public key is $(p, g, A)$, and the secret key is $(a)$, in order to encrypt some data, the sender generate a random $k$, where: $(C_1, C_2) = (m.A^{k} \pmod{p}, g^{k} \pmod{p})$ If a hacker know the value of $k$, should this break the algorithm security ?