Title
Demonstration of Man in the Middle Attack on a Feeder Power Factor Correction Unit
Abstract
Cyber security of distribution power systems is of an increasing and pressing importance due to the fast modernisation of current systems. Cyber attacks on distribution power systems may aim to operate the system inefficiently, steal private smart meter data or cause intentional false tripping of few or all feeders. In this paper, a Man in The Middle (MiTM) attack on a power factor correction unit is implemented and demonstrated to overload a distribution feeder and cause an intentional false tripping of the entire feeder causing regional blackout. Experimental implementation of the attack is carried out in a laboratory-scale setup using commercial power equipment under different loading conditions to demonstrate the effectiveness of this attack.
Year
DOI
Venue
2020
10.1109/ISGT-Europe47291.2020.9248779
2020 IEEE PES Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Europe (ISGT-Europe)
Keywords
DocType
ISBN
Cyber-physical attack,inverters,man in the middle attack,power factor correction,smart grid
Conference
978-1-7281-7101-2
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
0
0.34
6
Authors
7