A review of the reported incidents on Hackmageddon shows that there are a variety of City / Public Services attacks emerging.
| Target | Overview | Attack Types / Vector |
| Sunderland City Council | Hackers access users’ personal details in a cyber attack on Sunderland City Council’s library database. | Data Breech, Compromise, Access |
| Louisville Regional Airport Authority (LRAA) | Is hit by a ransomware attack. | Phishing, Initial Access. |
| Broome County | An employee email account was compromised between Nov. 20, 2018, and Jan. 2. | Phishing, Initial Access, Credential Harvesting. |
| Riviera Beach | Riviera Beach agrees to pay $600,000 in ransom to hackers who took over its computer system in a ransomware attack. | Malware, Phishing |
| Borough of Westwood | A data breach that began in December 2018 | Initial Access, Data Breach |
| City of New Bedford | The city of New Bedford is hit by what appears to be a ransomware attack. | Malware, Initial Access. |
| Onondaga County Libraries | Onondaga County Libraries are hit by a ransomware attack. | Malware, Initial Access. |
It is important to note that these attacks need to have sufficient post-incident review, root cause analysis and follow-up vulnerability / Pentesting audits to ensure no repeat of attack and that their compromise does not leave them vulnerable in the future. There may be numerous dormant access points, backdoors and details within Dark Web forums that attackers can use to enable attacks in the future when smarter solutions and services may yield an attacker a richer reward.
| Further consideration |
| Smart City Threat Model, Smart City Cyber Security Framework |
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