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Published October 26, 2020 | Version v1
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Demonstration of man in the middle attack on a feeder power factor correction unit

  • 1. KIOS Research and Innovation Center Of Excellence Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering University Of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus
  • 2. Center for Cyber Security New York University Abu Dhab iAbu Dhabi, UAE

Description

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.

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©2020 IEEE. Personal use of this material is permitted. Permission from IEEE must be obtained for all other uses, in any current or future media, including reprinting/republishing this material for advertising or promotional purposes, creating new collective works, for resale or redistribution to servers or lists, or reuse of any copyrighted component of this work in other works. L. Hadjidemetriou et al., "Demonstration of Man in the Middle Attack on a Feeder Power Factor Correction Unit," 2020 IEEE PES Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Europe (ISGT-Europe), The Hague, Netherlands, 2020, pp. 126-130, doi: 10.1109/ISGT-Europe47291.2020.9248779. This work is supported by the European Regional Development Fund and the Republic of Cyprus through the Research and Innovation Foundation (Project: INTEGRATED/0916/0035) and from the Government of the Republic of Cyprus through the Directorate General for European Programmes, Coordination and Development.

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KIOS CoE – KIOS Research and Innovation Centre of Excellence 739551
European Commission