Trump blames Tim Walz for water hacks even though it’s probably Iran
President Trump has publicly blamed Minnesota Governor Tim Walz for cyberattacks on state water systems, contradicting the consensus among federal agencies that Iran is responsible. The incident highlights ongoing political friction between the administration and the state.
The FBI, the EPA, and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) have stopped short of officially blaming Iran for a spate of cyberattacks on Minnesota’s water systems, but consensus is that Iran is likely behind them. That, of course, hasn’t stopped Donald Trump from sharing his own theory — that Governor Tim Walz is to blame and telling reporters that “I don’t think there was an Iranian cyberattack.”
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