Invisible Manipulation Deep Reinforcement Learning Enhanced Stealthy Attacks on Battery Energy Management Systems

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Main Authors: Xiao, Qi, Song, Lidong, Woo, Jongha, Hu, Rongxing, Xu, Bei, Ye, Kai, Lu, Ning
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Published: 2024
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author Xiao, Qi
Song, Lidong
Woo, Jongha
Hu, Rongxing
Xu, Bei
Ye, Kai
Lu, Ning
author_facet Xiao, Qi
Song, Lidong
Woo, Jongha
Hu, Rongxing
Xu, Bei
Ye, Kai
Lu, Ning
contents This paper introduces "invisible manipulation," an innovative cyber-attack mechanism achieved through strategically timed stealthy false data injection attacks (SFDIAs). By stealthily manipulating measurements of a critical asset prior to the target time period, the attacker can subtly guide the engineering system toward a predetermined operational state without detection. Using the battery energy management system (BEMS) as a case study, we employ deep reinforcement learning (DRL) to generate synthetic measurements, such as battery voltage and current, that align closely with actual measurements. These synthetic measurements, falling within the acceptable error margin of residual-based bad data detection algorithm provided by state estimation, can evade detection and mislead Extended Kalman-filter-based State of Charge estimation. Subsequently, considering the deceptive data as valid inputs, the BEMS will operate the BESS towards the attacker desired operational states when the targeted time period come. The use of the DRL-based scheme allows us to covert an online optimization problem into an offline training process, thereby alleviating the computational burden for real-time implementation. Comprehensive testing on a high-fidelity microgrid real-time simulation testbed validates the effectiveness and adaptability of the proposed methods in achieving different attack objectives.
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spellingShingle Invisible Manipulation Deep Reinforcement Learning Enhanced Stealthy Attacks on Battery Energy Management Systems
Xiao, Qi
Song, Lidong
Woo, Jongha
Hu, Rongxing
Xu, Bei
Ye, Kai
Lu, Ning
Systems and Control
This paper introduces "invisible manipulation," an innovative cyber-attack mechanism achieved through strategically timed stealthy false data injection attacks (SFDIAs). By stealthily manipulating measurements of a critical asset prior to the target time period, the attacker can subtly guide the engineering system toward a predetermined operational state without detection. Using the battery energy management system (BEMS) as a case study, we employ deep reinforcement learning (DRL) to generate synthetic measurements, such as battery voltage and current, that align closely with actual measurements. These synthetic measurements, falling within the acceptable error margin of residual-based bad data detection algorithm provided by state estimation, can evade detection and mislead Extended Kalman-filter-based State of Charge estimation. Subsequently, considering the deceptive data as valid inputs, the BEMS will operate the BESS towards the attacker desired operational states when the targeted time period come. The use of the DRL-based scheme allows us to covert an online optimization problem into an offline training process, thereby alleviating the computational burden for real-time implementation. Comprehensive testing on a high-fidelity microgrid real-time simulation testbed validates the effectiveness and adaptability of the proposed methods in achieving different attack objectives.
title Invisible Manipulation Deep Reinforcement Learning Enhanced Stealthy Attacks on Battery Energy Management Systems
topic Systems and Control
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2410.17402