Smart Cities Likely to Be Targeted by Malicious Actors, Cyber Expert Warns

A model of an autonomous "Smart City" is seen on the Oracle display stand during the TechXLR8 event at ExCel in London on June 12, 2019. Leon Neal/Getty Images

Emerging smart cities will likely become attractive targets for malicious actors, an expert at the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC ) warned on Friday.

The warning came as NCSC published its first guidance for the development of smart cities in the UK.