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False data injection attack targeting the LTC transformers to disrupt smart grid operation
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posted on 2015-01-01, 00:00 authored by Adnan AnwarAdnan Anwar, A N Mahmood, M AhmedLoad Tap Changing (LTC) Transformers are widely used in a Power Distribution System to regulate the voltage level within standard operational limit. In a SCADA connected network, the performance of LTC transformers can be improved by utilizing a closed loop monitoring and control mechanism. The widely used SCADA communication protocols, including Modbus and DNP3, have been proven vulnerable under cyber attack. In this paper, we conduct a vulnerability analysis of LTC transformers under malicious modification of measurement data. Here, we define two different attack strategies, (i)attack targeting energy system efficiency, and (ii) attack targeting energy system stability. With theoretical background and simulation results, we demonstrate that the attack strategies can significantly affect the power distribution system operations in terms of energy efficiency and stability. The experiments are performed considering IEEE benchmark 123 node test distribution system.
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European Alliance for Innovation. Conference (10th : 2014 : Beijing, China)Volume
153Series
European Alliance for Innovation ConferencePagination
252 - 266Publisher
SpringerLocation
Beijing, ChinaPlace of publication
Cham, SwitzerlandPublisher DOI
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2014-09-24End date
2014-09-26ISSN
1867-8211ISBN-13
9783319238012Language
engPublication classification
E1.1 Full written paper - refereedCopyright notice
2015, Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications EngineeringEditor/Contributor(s)
J Tian, J Jing, M SrivatsaTitle of proceedings
SecureComm 2014 : Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Security and Privacy in Communication Networks 2014Usage metrics
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