The invention discloses an image 
encryption method based on a hyperchaotic 
system and multi-level scrambling. The image 
encryption method comprises the following steps: firstly, acquiring a hyperchaotic sequence K through the hyperchaotic 
system; converting an original image into a two-dimensional matrix with the size of L= H x W, wherein H and W are dimensions of rows and columns of a matrix respectively; then converting original image pixel information into a one-dimensional vector sequence P, performing pixel-level, bit-level and 
DNA-level scrambling on the sequence P through an index sequence generated by the hyperchaotic sequence K, performing an 
exclusive OR operation on a pixel sequence through a mapping sequence, encrypting the original image to obtain an encrypted 
DNA sequence through binary bit conversion, 
DNA coding and DNA base operation, and converting the encrypted DNA sequence into a binary bit sequence B2; and finally, converting the sequence B2 into an encrypted image.According to the image 
encryption method based on the hyperchaotic 
system and the multi-level scrambling provided by the invention, the image is scrambled and encrypted at the pixel level, the bit level and the DNA level, the key sensitivity is high, the encryption effect of the image is effectively improved, 
attack operations such as 
statistical analysis and exhaustive analysis can be effectively resisted, and the safety is high.