A Coordinated Multi-Switch Attack for Cascading Failures in Smart Grid Academic Article

abstract

• This paper explores distributed smart grid attack strategies to destabilize power system components using variable structure system theory. Here, an opponent is able to remotely control multiple circuit breakers within a power system, say through data corruption or communication network attack, to destabilize target synchronous generators through application of state-dependent breaker switching. In contrast to attack via a single breaker, the multi-switch case provides additional degrees of freedom that can lead to stealthier and wide-scale cascading failures. We provide a dynamical systems context for formulating distributed multi-switch strategies and execute such attacks on the New England 10-generator 39-bus test system. 2010-2012 IEEE.

authors

• Butler-Purry, Karen

published proceedings

• IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON SMART GRID

author list (cited authors)

• Liu, S., Chen, B. o., Zourntos, T., Kundur, D., & Butler-Purry, K.

citation count

• 88

publication date

• May 2014

publisher

• Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)  Publisher

keywords

• Coordinated Multi-switch Attacks
• Cyber-physical System Security
• Sliding Mode Theory
• Smart Grid Attacks
• Variable Structure System Modeling

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1109/TSG.2014.2302476

start page

• 1183

end page

• 1195

volume

• 5

issue

• 3

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/tsg.2014.2302476

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