City of Pensacola, Florida under cyber attack

City of Pensacola, Florida under cyber attack Almost all communication systems, including phone lines and email, in the town's city hall are down, mayor says.

Robinson declined to comment on whether the hackers asked for a ransom payment, but said almost all communication systems, including phone lines and email, in the town’s city hall are down. The city is getting help from outside cybersecurity experts to evaluate the situation and help get the systems working again, he said.

"The city of Pensacola is experiencing a cyber attack that began this weekend that is impacting our city network, including phones and email at City Hall and some of our other buildings," Pensacola Mayor Grover Robinson said at his weekly press conference on Monday morning.

This cyber attack is happening as the FBI investigates Friday’s shooting at Naval Air Station Pensacola as an act of terrorism, but authorities have given no indication that there could be a connection.

Now, the mayor said the city is adopting a multi-step process to determine who hacked its systems and how to better prepare from future hacks.

911 and emergency dispatch are not affected. The airport is operating as normal.

The attack began just after 1:45 a.m. Saturday and has continued since, city officials said.