energy-latency attack

{
  "id": "MLC-T-CYB-001544",
  "term": "energy-latency attack",
  "field": "Cybersecurity",
  "definition": "An attack that exploits the performance dependency on hardware and model optimizations to negate the effects of hardware optimizations, increase computational latency, increase hardware temperature, and massively increase the amount of energy consumed.",
  "references": [
    "NIST AI 100-2e2025",
    "NIST CSRC Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/cybersecurity/energy-latency-attack/"
}