After several Texas government agencies faced thousands of cyber attacks from Iran recently, Gov. Greg Abbott immediately turned to Twitter to warn citizens and government officials to keep a watchful eye over their digital networks.

“Attempted cyber attacks from Iran against Texas agency websites are occurring about 10,000 per minute,” Abbott tweeted on Jan. 8. “All government agencies at all levels – as well as the private sector – must remain vigilant in securing their networks from potential attacks.”

The previous night, Abbott spoke with his Domestic Terrorism Task Force during its meeting on how all Texas residents should be concerned and prepared for “what may happen out of Iran.”

Online hackers covered the Texas Department of Agriculture’s (TDA) website with a photo of deceased Iranian General Qassem Soleimani., the Houston Chronicle reported Dec. 7,  The image contained messages reading “Hacked by Iranian Hacker” and “Hacked by Shield Iran.”

Soleimani was killed in an airstrike launched by U.S. President Donald Trump, an act Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has said he will “retaliate” for.

Amanda Crawford, executive director of the Texas Department of Information Resources, told the Texas Tribune that cyber attacks are common in Texas. The state seems to experience “billions of probes each day.”

“Today is no different than any other day,” Crawford said.

In August 2019, cyber attacks to government agencies in almost 24 Texas cities locked up computers and public records while forcing employees to pay huge ransoms or risk spending more money to rebuild the damaged systems.

Despite this, the state has already pledged to stay “extra vigilant” throughout the week.

The FBI is currently investigating the TDA website hack and informed the Chronicle that it does not believe the attacker came directly from Iran. Instead, the agency suspects it to be the work of hackers engaging in a “cyber challenge.”

Abbott’s information derived from the Texas Department of Information Resources.