Exploring Potential Prompt Injection Attacks in Federated Military LLMs and Their Mitigation

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2501.18416v1
• Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2025 15:14:55 GMT
• Title: Exploring Potential Prompt Injection Attacks in Federated Military LLMs and Their Mitigation
• Authors: Youngjoon Lee, Taehyun Park, Yunho Lee, Jinu Gong, Joonhyuk Kang,
• Abstract summary: Federated Learning (FL) is increasingly being adopted in military collaborations to develop Large Language Models (LLMs) prompt injection attacks-malicious manipulations of input prompts-pose new threats that may undermine operational security, disrupt decision-making, and erode trust among allies. We propose a human-AI collaborative framework that introduces both technical and policy countermeasures.
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• Abstract: Federated Learning (FL) is increasingly being adopted in military collaborations to develop Large Language Models (LLMs) while preserving data sovereignty. However, prompt injection attacks-malicious manipulations of input prompts-pose new threats that may undermine operational security, disrupt decision-making, and erode trust among allies. This perspective paper highlights four potential vulnerabilities in federated military LLMs: secret data leakage, free-rider exploitation, system disruption, and misinformation spread. To address these potential risks, we propose a human-AI collaborative framework that introduces both technical and policy countermeasures. On the technical side, our framework uses red/blue team wargaming and quality assurance to detect and mitigate adversarial behaviors of shared LLM weights. On the policy side, it promotes joint AI-human policy development and verification of security protocols. Our findings will guide future research and emphasize proactive strategies for emerging military contexts.

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