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FragToken: New Attack Amplifies LLM Inference Costs via Noncanonical Tokens

FragToken introduces a novel resource-consumption attack on large language models by generating noncanonical tokens, increasing inference costs beyond traditional long or repetitive output attacks. This method is harder to detect and can impact model providers more broadly even when benign traffic...

Source: arXiv · arxiv.org Published 2026-09-25T17:20:47+00:00 Detected 2026-09-28T05:21:38+00:00
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FragToken introduces a novel resource-consumption attack on large language models by generating noncanonical tokens, increasing inference costs beyond traditional long or repetitive output attacks. This method is harder to detect and can impact model providers more broadly even when benign traffic...

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As large language model (LLM) inference becomes increasingly expensive, resource-consumption attacks pose a growing threat to model providers. Existing attacks typically amplify cost by inducing abnormally long or repetitive outputs on attacker-controlled or triggered requests, making them easier to detect and...

As LLM inference costs rise, understanding new attack vectors like FragToken is crucial for providers to safeguard resources and maintain service reliability. This research highlights evolving threats that go beyond existing detection methods.

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