Poison to Detect: Detection of Targeted Overfitting in Federated Learning
A novel detection method uses targeted poisoning signals to reveal orchestrator-driven privacy attacks in federated learning — relevant for enterprises adopting FL as a privacy-enhancing technology.
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arXiv:2509.11974v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Federated Learning (FL) enables collaborative model training among clients without centralising data, making it a widely adopted privacy-enhancing technology (PET). Despite its privacy benefits, FL remains vulnerable to orchestrator-driven privacy attacks. In this paper, we study an underexplored threat in which a dishonest orchestrator intentionally manipulates the aggregation process to induce targeted overfitting in local models of specific
Editorial Analysis
Federated learning is increasingly adopted by EU organisations for GDPR-compatible model training; unaddressed orchestrator threats undermine the privacy guarantees enterprises rely on.
If deploying federated learning, assess whether your FL platform includes defences against malicious orchestrators and consider supplementary integrity checks.
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