President Donald Trump says Minnesota is to blame for a recent cyber-attack against the state’s water system.
While speaking on Friday at his cabinet’s historic Camp David meeting, President Trump called the North Star State’s leadership grossly incompetent after the breach reportedly affected over 30-water systems.
“We heard in Minnesota there was a cyberattack, and they blame it on Iran. I don’t think so,” Trump said.
“I think I blame it on Minnesota because they’re grossly incompetent,” he continued.
“I think the governor is behind it,” he said of Minnesota Governor Tim Walz (D-Minn.). “I don’t think there was an Iranian cyberattack.”
His statements follow a New York Times report citing federal investigators who concluded that the cyber incident was likely carried out by Iranian threat actors.
“The tradecraft used, and the absence of a ransom demand, had led analysts to tentatively conclude that it was the work of Iranian hackers,” the Times reports.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is continuing its investigation into the breach, which authorities say might have affected utilities across at least six other states as well.
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