A Simulation Research Method for Data Injection Attacks on DC Microgrids

By using Typhoon HIL simulator, a simulation research method of data injection attack against secondary control DC microgrid is established, which reveals the important influence of the attack function on the effectiveness and covertness of the attack. Firstly, a decentralized four-node DC microgrid system using TCP/IP Modbus protocol for communication is built in Typhoon HIL simulator, then, a microgrid security testing experimental platform based on the man-in-the-middle attack as a network attack method is built in Kali Linux system, which can carry out timed single-and multi-links data injection attacks and replay attack on the above four-node DC microgrid. The paper designs a variety of data injection attack schemes to study the impact of data injection attacks on voltage and current control in this DC microgrid, including single-link attack, multi-link composite attack, and replay attack using different attack functions. By controlling the main parameters of the attack function, the amplitude of the fluctuation of the output voltage generated by the attack can be controlled, which can produce a more covert and effective attack effect.