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Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz responds to Trump: "DOGE took an axe to CISA and left the U.S. exposed to cyber attacks."

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-- Matt Novak (@paleofuture.bsky.social) 2:37 PM · Jul 31, 2026

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Of course the noxious orange pedo gutted cyber security.

#1 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2026-08-01 11:40 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

"The company also suggested creating offline backups and removing the devices from the public internet"

Wow. No one thought of this before?

#2 | Posted by sentinel at 2026-08-01 11:47 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

WTF would you have PLC's on a public network? It boggles the mind.

#3 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2026-08-01 11:52 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

The US attacks Iran's civilian desalination plants during OPERATION AIPAC FURY, so the Iranians counter-attack ours.

"It's not personal, Michael, it's business."

#4 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-08-01 12:23 PM | Reply

Re 3

It's easier. You don't have to go to each PLC to manually program change or get data.

People do not believe it will ever happen to them. Until it does.

Also managers do not listen to the ITs.

Had the same problem with my managers. Until other offices got hacked and jacked. Then it was panic time. And had to stop the rush job I was working on to attend to the new rush job.

#5 | Posted by donnerboy at 2026-08-01 12:28 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

Sounds like more false flag stuff carried out by the usual suspects.

#6 | Posted by NerfHerder at 2026-08-01 12:57 PM | Reply

#5

You only need an in-house network to do the same thing. Again, I said PUBLIC NETWORk.

#7 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2026-08-01 01:27 PM | Reply | Funny: 1

Re 7

Agreed. It's laziness. And cost.

The war is so far away!

They thought it couldn't happen to them. But I am pretty sure they were all warned by their own IT dept. Which they ignored.

Also some of PLCs are located at remote locations. At customer locations.

Fortunately it's an easy fix. Unplug them take them off the net and removing their batteries returns them to their default settings.

#8 | Posted by donnerboy at 2026-08-01 01:33 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

Good old PLCs and ladder logic. They were fun to program.

#9 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2026-08-01 01:52 PM | Reply | Funny: 1

@#5 ... Also managers do not listen to the ITs. ...

Exactly.

Management typically sees IT security projects as a cost center with no return on investment. So they spend the money elsewhere, where it generates profits.

Until, as your comment notes, there is a security problem, then security becomes The High Priority.


#10 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-08-01 02:29 PM | Reply

Re 10

I can see you have been there and done that, too.

Did you get a t-shirt?

I got a t-shirt!

#11 | Posted by donnerboy at 2026-08-01 03:11 PM | Reply

@#11 ... I can see you have been there and done that, too. ...

Yup.

But, alas, no t-shirt ... :(

#12 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-08-01 03:45 PM | Reply

From the subsummary ...

... "DOGE took an axe to CISA and left the U.S. exposed to cyber attacks." ...

Since Pres Trump always seeks to blame others for the bad ramifications of his actions and his failures, Pres Trump is trying to blame the Minnesota governor for the attacks upon the water systems in seven states.

Meanwhile ...

Hackers targeted municipal water systems in 7 states this week, FBI says
www.nbcnews.com

... "I think I blame it on Minnesota because they're grossly incompetent," Trump said. "I would blame it on Minnesota and the governor, the corrupt governor of Minnesota. They like to say, Oh, it's Iran.' Iran should be so lucky. Iran's got bigger problems than worrying about Minnesota."

In response to a request for comment, Walz said in part: "Trump 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's no plan to win a war with Iran." ...


... and ...

Iranian-Affiliated Cyber Actors Exploit Programmable Logic Controllers Across US Critical Infrastructure
www.cisa.gov

... The authoring agencies urgently warn U.S. organizations of ongoing Iranian-affiliated cyber targeting of internet-connected operational technology (OT) devices, including programmable logic controllers (PLCs). These actions disrupted PLCs across several U.S. critical infrastructure sectors through malicious project file interactions and manipulation of data on human machine interface (HMI) and supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) displays, resulting in operational disruption and financial loss. ...


#13 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-08-01 06:33 PM | Reply

I got a nice duffel for Y2K.

#14 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2026-08-01 08:23 PM | Reply

Gov Waltz did it. Probably hacked them all!

The President of the United States has now accused Gov Waltz of hacking his own water systems. Presumably while eating his pets.

www.politico.com

#15 | Posted by donnerboy at 2026-08-01 08:35 PM | Reply

Walz sorry ...

#16 | Posted by donnerboy at 2026-08-01 08:37 PM | Reply

Who knew Tim Walz possessed such remarkable hacking abilities?
Donald Trump, that's who.
I mean, come on, Trump solved the Reflecting Pool disaster, right?
So, it would seem Trump must be the hacker.
Case solved, MAGA style!

#17 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2026-08-02 05:12 AM | Reply

When will we arrest these ebil demoncrats for hacking our precious water systems and attempting to overthrow Trumpy's gubmint?

#18 | Posted by donnerboy at 2026-08-02 12:06 PM | Reply

WTF would you have PLC's on a public network? It boggles the mind.
#3 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2026-08-01 11:52 AMFlag: | Newsworthy 1

Don't fret - all State water shed and air shed data is entirely safe.. from public scrutiny.

In Oregon they rotate the PIC so often it's impossible to get a request through.

Deliberately, from what's been shared.

Plans within plans that allow utilities to be hacked, but not know what's in the water.

#19 | Posted by redlightrobot at 2026-08-02 12:49 PM | Reply

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