Trump blames Tim Walz for water hacks even though it’s probably Iran

<figure> <img alt="" data-caption="Donald Trump speaks during the House Republican Party member retreat. | Image: Mandel NGAN / AFP via Getty Images" data-portal-copyright="Image: Mandel NGAN / AFP via Getty Images" data-has-syndication-rights="1" src="https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/01/gettyimages-2254307754.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0,0,100,100" /> <figcaption> Donald Trump speaks during the House Republican Party member retreat. | Image: Mandel NGAN / AFP via Getty Images </figcaption> </figure> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">The FBI, the EPA, and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (<a href="https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/cybersecurity-advisories/aa26-097a">CISA</a>) 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 <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2026/07/31/trump-minnesota-water-hacks-iran-01021161">sharing his own theory</a> - that Governor Tim Walz is to blame and telling reporters that "I don't think there was an Iranian cyberattack."</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Trump's comments come shortly after the FBI <a href="https://www.ic3.gov/PSA/2026/PSA260730.pdf">issued a warning</a> that the cyberattacks on American infrastructure were spreading to other states. In Minnesota alone, at least 30 community water systems had been targeted in what a …</p> <p><a href="https://www.theverge.com/policy/974197/trump-tim-walz-minnesota-water-hacks-iran">Read the full story at The Verge.</a></p>