2026
DF-LoGiT: Data-Free Logic-Gated Backdoor Attacks in Vision Transformers
ICML 2026poster
The widespread adoption of Vision Transformers (ViTs) elevates supply-chain risk on third-party model hubs, where an adversary can implant backdoors into released checkpoints. Existing ViT backdoor attacks largely rely on poisoned-data training, while prior data-free attempts typically require synth…