Securing Vehicle Charging Infrastructure

“…Even if an attacker cannot decipher the transmitted data, they may still be able to interrupt an EV's charging process by intercepting and replaying communications, such as those that initiate and end charging sessions. The local authorization list features available in OCPP versions 1.5 and 1.6 ensures that an EVCS can continue to serve its customers during a network outage [27].…”

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“…(2) Man-in-the-Middle: In an EVCS, a Man-in-the-Middle (MITM) attack occurs when an unauthorized attacker inserts themselves between the communication channels of the system. The attacker intercepts and manipulates the data transmission between the Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment (EVSE), the Plug-in Electric Vehicles (PEVs), and the Smart Charging Management System (SCMS) [27]. By gaining access to the communication flow, the attacker can alter, discard, or misrepresent the data exchanged, leading to various malicious outcomes [4].…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The current PEV and EVSE charging infrastructures must meet the best cybersecurity standards already in place [19,43]. The existing infrastructure falls short of established cybersecurity standards and lacks standardized development processes for security soft-ware [27], as shown in Figure 14. This issue poses a real-time problem as it leaves the charging infrastructure vulnerable to cyberattacks, potentially leading to unauthorized access, data breaches, and disruptions in charging services.…”

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Cybersecurity Risk Analysis of Electric Vehicles Charging Stations

Hamdare,

Kaiwartya,

Aljaidi

et al. 2023

Sensors

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The increasing availability of Electric Vehicles (EVs) is driving a shift away from traditional gasoline-powered vehicles. Subsequently, the demand for Electric Vehicle Charging Systems (EVCS) is rising, leading to the significant growth of EVCS as public and private charging infrastructure. The cybersecurity-related risks in EVCS have significantly increased due to the growing network of EVCS. In this context, this paper presents a cybersecurity risk analysis of the network of EVCS. Firstly, the recent advancements in the EVCS network, recent EV adaptation trends, and charging use cases are described as a background of the research area. Secondly, cybersecurity aspects in EVCS have been presented considering infrastructure and protocol-centric vulnerabilities with possible cyber-attack scenarios. Thirdly, threats in EVCS have been validated with real-time data-centric analysis of EV charging sessions. The paper also highlights potential open research issues in EV cyber research as new knowledge for domain researchers and practitioners.

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“…The EVSEs are smart internet of thing (IoT) devices that can connect the BEVs to an available power source, with support for both grid-to-vehicles (G2V), and a reverse vehicle-to-grid (V2G) energy transactions. However, BEVs and EVSEs can be easily manipulated, individually or collectively, by adversaries to gain access and act as conduits to breach their internal security, leading to malicious attacks and life-threatening situations, for instance, traffic accidents [3] in BEVs, and disrupt or cause power systems failure through high or low voltages on feeder circuits in EVSEs [4].…”

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confidence: 99%