Simone Brody, executive director of Bloomberg Philanthropies’ What Works Cities initiative, discusses how the project has helped city governments tackle pressing issues including cybersecurity, climate change and transportation. Andrew Coen and John Hallacy host.

Richard Li, a public debt specialist for the city of Milwaukee, said too much cybersecurity disclosure can become a road map for hackers.

A report on cyber-related risks released Wednesday by S&P Global warned that “a successful attack on an entity with limited resources could have a credit impact.”

The Atlanta City Council on Monday is expected to pass a $2.1 billion budget for fiscal 2019.

Credit analysts, bond attorneys and issuers are among those reacting to the increasing risk computer crime poses to governments.

Public entities are especially susceptible to email scams because open records and open meetings laws and transparent operations make it easy for criminals to conduct reconnaissance on employees and transactions.

The breach occurred in 2016, but was not publicly addressed by the SEC until Sept. 20.