Trump says Iran not to blame for Minnesota cyber attack

CAMP DAVID, Maryland, July 31 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump at ‌Camp David told reporters that he does not think Iran is behind a ​cyberattack on Minnesota water systems, despite U.S. ​officials reportedly suspecting otherwise.

"We heard in ⁠Minnesota there was a cyberattack, ​and they blame it on Iran. ​I don't think so," Trump said during a cabinet meeting. "I think I blame it on ​Minnesota because they're grossly incompetent," ​Trump said, calling out Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, ‌a ⁠Democrat.

Trump's claim is at odds with a memo cited by Wired on Thursday which said that the Minnesota Fusion Center, ​a state-level ​intelligence-sharing ⁠entity, found that the hacks were “aligned” with an allegedly ​Iran-linked cybersabotage campaign.

The New ​York ⁠Times, which cited unnamed U.S. and state officials, said Thursday that investigators believed ⁠the ​hacks were probably the ​work of Tehran.

Reporting by Steve Holland, Bo Erickson; ​Editing by Caitlin Webber and Chizu Nomiyama