Detection of False Data Injection Attack Using Graph Signal Processing for the Power Grid

Abstract

In this paper we revisit the problem of False Data Injection (FDI) attacks to electric power systems synchrophasors measurements through the lens of graph signal processing (GSP). First, we introduce a physics based model that supports the empirical evidence that Phasor Measurement Unit (PMU) data are low-pass graph signals. This insight is used to investigate how one can leverage such a structure to construct more effective bad data detection (BDD) algorithms that can detect FDI attack signatures through appropriate utilization of the features of the PMU graph-signal.