Alert system for controller area networks

A sender device may include a transmitter and one or more processors. The one or more processors may be configured to transmit, to one or more receiver devices, a frame via a communication bus. The one or more processors may be configured to detect a replicated frame on the communication bus, and identify an attack event based on detecting the replicated frame. The one or more processors may be configured to determine a sequence of interframe transmit times based on identifying the attack event, wherein the sequence of interframe transmit times is determined based on a shared secret associated with the one or more receiver devices. The one or more processors may be configured to transmit a series of alert frames according to the sequence of interframe transmit times to permit the one or more receiver devices to be notified of the attack event.