A day after multiple U.S. officials confirmed to ABC News that investigators are looking into whether Iran or hackers associated with the country were part of the cyberattack on dozens of local Minnesota water systems, President Donald Trump placed blame elsewhere.

During a cabinet meeting on Friday, Trump denied that Iran played a role in the attack that Minnesota officials said impacted more than 30 communities. Instead, the president blamed the state.

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“I don’t think so,” Trump said when asked about the Iran connection. “You know, I think Minnesota is behind it. You know who’s behind it? Minnesota, because they’re grossly incompetent. I think the governor is behind it. I don’t think there was an Iranian cyberattack. I think that Minnesota ought to get its act together. It’s one of the worst-run states.”

In response, Gov. Tim Walz posted on social media, “Trump knows exactly who is responsible for this attack, and knows that other states were hit too. This is what modern warfare looks like, and it further illustrates there’s no plan to win a war with Iran. DOGE took an axe to CISA and left the U.S. exposed to cyber attacks. Thankfully, our experts in Minnesota were able to identify the vulnerability quickly and work with local communities to stop it.”

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Minnesota IT Services (MNIT) said the attacks on Sunday and Monday targeted “operational technology.” While it wouldn’t publicly say which cities were impacted, some — Plymouth, Braham, Maple Plain and South St. Paul — acknowledged they were affected.

All of those localities, some with state help, were able to switch to backup plans and resolve any issues without any real disruption to public water service.

Additionally, several federal agencies, including the FBI, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and Homeland Security have put out warnings about “a significant increase in cyber threat actors targeting programmable logic controllers (PLCs) in the Water and Wastewater Systems (WWS) Sector” across multiple states. Some of those, CISA said, have resulted in boil water notices.

🚨 FBI PSA: Malicious Cyber Actors Targeting Water and Wastewater Sector PLCs

The FBI warns that malicious cyber actors are conducting cyber attacks targeting operational technology devices. These threat actors are remotely accessing internet-facing PLCs, changing IPs and… pic.twitter.com/SqWwzJy6bz

— FBI Minneapolis (@FBIMinneapolis) July 31, 2026

Trump, who has frequently targeted Minnesota and state leaders like Walz and Rep. Ilhan Omar, also added that Vice President JD Vance “found tremendous corruption in Minnesota” and “just gave me a report: Massive, massive future things having to do with corruption in Minnesota are happening right now.”

Trump didn’t provide any details regarding that statement and also didn’t share if he’d received any intelligence from federal investigators about who is responsible for the water system attacks across the U.S. However, 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS has reached out to the White House for clarification and is awaiting a response.

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