Attack detection scheme for continuous variable quantum key distribution based on a graph neural network

• Published in: Journal of the Optical Society of America. B, Optical physics Optical physics, 2024-06, Vol.41 (6), p.1355
• Main Authors: Jin, Di, Jiang, Wenqi, Guo, Ying, Hu, Junkai, Huang, Duan
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• ISSN: 0740-3224; 1520-8540
• DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.524779

The practical security of a continuous-variable quantum key distribution (CV-QKD) system is vulnerable to various attack strategies due to the significant difference between the idealized theoretical model and the practical physical system. The existing countermeasures against these attacks involve exploiting different real-time monitoring modules, which presents a challenge in effectively classifying attacks. We investigate a graph neural network (GNN)-based attack detection scheme for CV-QKD, which models data as a graph structure using three different methods for various conditions. Particularly, one of the proposed methods requires no additional devices and can detect attacks with over 99% accuracy. The algorithm can be expanded to different scenarios without additional training and can achieve a detection efficiency of more than 95%. Furthermore, our proposed scheme incorporates anomaly detection algorithms into the detection module, enabling 85% effective detection of partially unknown attacks with minimal security data.