Optimal Actuator Attacks on Autonomous Vehicles Using Reinforcement Learning

Abstract: With the increasing prevalence of autonomous vehicles (AVs), their vulnerability to various types of attacks has grown, presenting significant security challenges. In this paper, we propose a reinforcement learning (RL)-based approach for designing optimal stealthy integrity attacks on AV actuators. We also analyze the limitations of state-of-the-art RL-based secure controllers developed to counter such attacks. Through extensive simulation experiments, we demonstrate the effectiveness and efficiency of our proposed method.