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Minnesota calls in national guard after capital city slammed by ‘digital attack’

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Minnesota governor Tim Walz listens during a hearing with the House oversight committee at the US Capitol on 12 June 2025. Photograph: Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images

Minnesota has called in the national guard after the city of St Paul was slammed by what its mayor described as a “deliberate, coordinated, digital attack” carried out by sophisticated hackers.

Governor Tim Walz said in a statement that he was deploying the guard, which has a cyber protection component, because the attack had “exceeded the city’s response capacity”.

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