Trump blames Minnesota for cyberattacks on water sector, drawing pushback from cyber world

The article reports on recent cyberattacks against U.S. water systems that U.S. agencies and sector groups have attributed to Iranian-affiliated actors exploiting programmable logic controllers (PLCs). It covers President Trump’s public remarks blaming Minnesota, expert pushback affirming the attribution to Iran, CISA and FBI advisories linking the activity to PLC exploitation in the water sector, and calls for stronger federal support to protect critical infrastructure.