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President Donald Trump at Friday’s Cabinet meeting at Camp David. (Jacquelyn Martin\/AP)<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n

President Donald Trump blamed Minnesota\u2019s government for a cyberattack that targeted more than 30 water systems this week, even as federal officials suspect Iran\u2019s involvement<\/a>.<\/p>

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\u201cI blame it on Minnesota because they\u2019re grossly incompetent,\u201d Trump said at a gathering of Cabinet officials at the Camp David presidential retreat in Maryland. \u201cI would blame it on Minnesota and the governor, the corrupt governor of Minnesota. Iran\u2019s got bigger problems than worrying about Minnesota.\u201d<\/p>\n

U.S. intelligence agencies have assessed that Iran was probably behind the Minnesota cyberattacks, according to several U.S. officials.<\/p>\n

Though intelligence agencies have not definitively concluded that Tehran is responsible for the attacks, the hack follows urgent warnings<\/a> by federal cybersecurity officials that Iran for months has been targeting internet-exposed devices that control operations at water, wastewater and energy facilities in the United States.<\/p>

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Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) hit back on social media at Trump\u2019s comments. <\/b>\u201cTrump 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\u2019s no plan to win a war with Iran,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

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