Sources have told me that the City of Pensacola has been hit with another ransomware attack. Officially, city officials have only admitted they are “investigating a potential computer network security incident.”
Good afternoon.
The City of Pensacola is investigating a potential computer network security incident. Currently, city phones are out but police and fire non-emergency numbers are working, as is 911.
Additionally, there are no flight delays at Pensacola International Airport due to this potential incident.
We will not be commenting further on this as we are still investigating.
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Jason Wheeler
Public Information/Strategic Communications Officer
Dig Deeper: In December 2019, Mayor Grover Robinson’s administration had to deal with Maze ransomware. Affected systems in Pensacola included public emails and phone numbers, along with online payments, but police, fire and airport systems remained unchanged.
Mayor Robinson shared few details at the time but said no ransom had been paid and that the city was able to recover thanks to sufficient backups of data.
The city offered LifeLock identity protection services to 57,000 residents, customers and businesses who may have had sensitive data compromised as a result of the municipal cyber attack should expect to be hearing from the city soon.
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