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Survey details privacy risks from Membership Inference Attacks on Recommender Systems

A new survey paper published on arXiv details the emerging field of Membership Inference Attacks (MIAs) specifically targeting recommender systems (RecSys). These attacks aim to determine if a user's interaction data was used to train a model, potentially leading to privacy breaches by revealing sensitive user information. The paper provides a comprehensive review of current advancements, challenges, and defense strategies in RecSys MIAs, offering a taxonomy of different attack types and suggesting future research directions. AI

IMPACT Highlights potential privacy vulnerabilities in widely used recommender systems, prompting further research into robust defense mechanisms.

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Survey details privacy risks from Membership Inference Attacks on Recommender Systems

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  1. arXiv cs.AI TIER_1 English(EN) · Jiajie He, Xintong Chen, Xinyang Fang, Min-Chun Chen, Yuechun Gu, Wenjin Liu, Keke Chen ·

    Membership Inference Attacks on Recommender System: A Survey

    arXiv:2509.11080v5 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Recommender systems (RecSys) have been widely applied to various applications, including E-commerce, finance, healthcare, social media and have become increasingly influential in shaping user behavior and decision-making, …