Cyberattack on Florida’s Pensacola downs city computers in site of Navy attack

Federal authorities are investigating a cyberattack on the city of Pensacola, Florida, home to the naval air station where a Saudi flight student killed three sailors and wounded eight others on Friday.

Mayor Grover Robinson on Monday said it’s not yet clear whether the two incidents are related and he asked for patience in a community still grieving over the shooting at the Navy installation, a central part of the local economy and public life.

“We are a little bit hampered through this,” the mayor said during his weekly briefing with local news media.

City officials became aware of the cyberattack at about 1:30 am Saturday, many hours after the shooting, said city spokeswoman, Kaycee Lagarde.