The Islamic State group has called for "lone jihadists" to use the 2026 FIFA World Cup in the United States as an opportunity to carry out violence

The Islamic State group has called for "lone jihadists" to use the 2026 FIFA World Cup in the United States as an opportunity to carry out violence. An Iran-linked hacker group claims to have breached FBI drones and has threatened to target the World Cup, a monitoring group said Friday. The hackers said the drones featured facial recognition and license plate screening deployed for counterterrorism. Eric Wojtkun, a former FBI counterintelligence agent, joins Newell to talk about it.

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