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

St Paul shut down systems after the cyberattack governor Tim Walz said exceeded the city's response capacity'

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".