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Many were surprised last week when the US state of Minnesota reported that more than 30 of its state water systems had faced a "co-ordinated cyber-attack". Days later the FBI warned cyber-attacks had been reported in seven states and "some of that activity degraded water operations". The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (Cisa) is reportedly probing a possible Iranian connection to the Minnesota attacks, according to US media. Cisa would not comment. Although US President Donald Trump has not blamed Iran, cyber-experts tell the BBC it's likely the attack was directed by Tehran.
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Here are some of the other notable hacking operations that have been linked to Iran: 2026 : The justice department , external disrupted a hacking operation by Handala that targeted a medical technologies firm.
