2026-06-13T10:00:09.166Z / https://www.cnn.com/2026/06/13/politics/drones-lone-wolf-attacks-fbi-world-cup
- 2026年世界杯将在美国11座城市拉开帷幕，预计将迎来数百万外国球迷。
- 美国联邦调查局（FBI）已针对反无人机战术培训了60名警员。
- 安保官员的核心关切包括独狼式袭击和武装无人机。
本文由AI生成摘要，经CNN编辑审核。
阿拉巴马州亨茨维尔——
6月12日周四，首场比赛开赛哨声吹响，美国迎来了有史以来规模最大的体育赛事——同时也是最考验安保能力的赛事。
预计将有数百万外国球迷涌入美国各地观看世界杯。美国将在11座城市举办78场比赛，全国各地还将设有大量球迷观赛点及相关活动。
仅赛事规模本身就给当地和联邦执法部门带来了挑战，他们需要全力保障每一场比赛的安全。美国国土安全部部长马克韦恩·马林将此次任务称为“零失败使命”。
他们不仅要应对日益先进的无人机和人工智能带来的新兴威胁，还要应对独狼式袭击这一难以防范的风险——这类 recurring 威胁已在美国近期的袭击事件中造成了伤亡。
被任命为2026年国际足联世界杯白宫特别工作组负责人的安德鲁·朱利亚尼表示，目前尚无已知的赛事威胁。
朱利亚尼在纽约最近的一次安保简报会上对记者说，本届世界杯将“真正成为有史以来全球规模最大的体育赛事”。
包括国土安全部和FBI在内的多个联邦机构将在不同城市牵头负责不同的安保环节。国土安全部及其庞大的执法和安全机构网络将负责大部分协调工作。
无人机极易购买并改装以携带致命载荷，这是美国政府各级安保官员的核心关切之一。
FBI在阿拉巴马州红石兵工厂的训练基地开展了一项新的反无人机培训项目，已为全美各城市的60名警员提供培训，教授他们如何定位并阻止无人机闯入禁飞空域。
然而，海外冲突正快速推动无人机技术升级，乌克兰在开发使用和对抗这类致命无人驾驶飞行器的新技术方面处于领先地位。
伊朗及其恐怖主义代理组织也在无人机运用方面取得了巨大成功，他们利用无人机扰乱霍尔木兹海峡航运，并袭击该地区的美国和以色列目标。
在阿拉巴马州亨茨维尔一间紧凑的移动指挥站内，来自全美各地的警员接受了FBI的培训，学习如何在可能的情况下远程关闭无人机，以及在无法使用这类手段时采取其他拦截战术——例如针对能够规避射频干扰和类似反无人机措施的光纤无人机。
“我们的安保姿态在很大程度上对公众是隐形的，”负责反无人机培训项目的关键事件响应小组助理科长迈克尔·托菲在最近一次FBI反无人机行动演示中对记者说。
托菲指出，在无人机闯入空域方面，FBI“自2019年以来已保护了每一届超级碗赛事”，以及其他许许多多的活动。
“我们之前做到过，这次也同样会做到，”托菲说。
执法官员对CNN表示，军事袭击中使用的大型无人机不太可能在美国境内部署，但小型无人机——可轻松通过网络购买——被加装爆炸或化学载荷的威胁依然存在。这类小型无人机大多依赖射频和类似通信方式，因此更容易被干扰并驱离禁飞区。
“不幸的是，人们仅凭一些相当基础的技术就能造成巨大破坏，”布鲁金斯学会治理研究与技术创新中心高级研究员约翰·维拉塞诺在讨论一系列潜在威胁时对CNN说，“我认为值得庆幸的是，真正会付诸行动的人只是极少数。但零风险并不存在，这就是挑战所在。”
世界杯期间的大部分反无人机工作将由国土安全部负责，FBI将在11座城市中的3座牵头开展相关行动。
当地警方也在加强反无人机技术装备。据官员透露，仅纽约市警察局就斥资650万美元购买了无人机拦截设备，为世界杯做准备。
“忽视现有技术及其在全球各地被用作武器的现状是错误的，”纽约警察局局长杰西卡·蒂施在5月的一场新闻发布会上对记者说，她指的是乌克兰和伊朗战争中无人机的使用情况。
世界杯安保将采取自下而上的模式，当地执法部门负责大部分现场安保工作，联邦当局则负责填补漏洞。
官员们表示，单个个体决定袭击赛事或人群的威胁仍是首要关切，因为这类袭击策划往往难以被察觉。
正因如此，联邦官员对CNN表示，一些最艰巨的工作落在了负责大面积巡逻和现场安保的当地警察身上。
全美各地将设立指挥中心，让当地和联邦执法人员能够在为期40天的赛事期间就出现的任何威胁进行沟通。
除了无人机、恐怖主义和独狼式袭击的威胁，官员们还对球迷群体本身保持警惕。
在纽约举行的NBA总决赛第三场比赛后，尽管安保力量充足，但在马刺队击败尼克斯队终结其连胜后，现场观众遭到了其他球迷的袭击。执法官员对CNN表示，这类在全球足球赛事中并不罕见的暴力事件，是现场警员最关注的问题之一。
在发给执法伙伴的一系列公告中，官员们特别警告了伊朗在赛事中的存在以及可能引发的球迷反应。
“伊朗侨民中的不满情绪可能会在洛杉矶责任区内的球迷嘉年华和其他活动中引发冲突，”FBI和国土安全部联合发布的威胁评估报告称，“如果伊朗队参赛，针对当地伊朗侨民的跨国镇压威胁将令人担忧。”
公告还警告了“恐怖活动、可举报的针对性暴力、大规模伤亡事件”增加的可能性，以及跨国犯罪、网络攻击和外国情报活动的威胁。
“这些担忧源于几种趋同趋势的出现：外国恐怖组织针对大型赛事的激烈言论升级、国内大规模抗议活动中的暴力加剧，以及地缘政治紧张局势升级。”
参与安保规划的官员表示，他们还对人工智能感到担忧，特别是可能被用来制作虚假视频以引发球迷和观众恐慌的情况。
除美国外，墨西哥将在3座主办城市举办5场比赛，其中包括墨西哥城。墨西哥将部署近10万名安保人员，该国目前仍在与强大的贩毒集团和猖獗的街头犯罪作斗争。
“这里有非常庞大的盗版、人口贩卖、卖淫、显然还有贩毒和一些敲诈勒索网络，但该地区也是全国人均警察和监控摄像头数量最高的地区，这让它的犯罪情况有所不同，”科阿韦拉自治大学研究员维克托·曼努埃尔·桑切斯·巴尔德斯在5月对CNN记者迈克尔·里奥斯说。
CNN的卡拉·斯坎内尔和乔希·坎贝尔对本文亦有贡献。
Drones and lone wolf attacks are key concerns as FBI works to secure 11 World Cup cities
2026-06-13T10:00:09.166Z / https://www.cnn.com/2026/06/13/politics/drones-lone-wolf-attacks-fbi-world-cup
- The 2026 World Cup begins across 11 US cities with millions of foreign fans expected.
- The FBI has trained 60 officers on counter-drone tactics.
- Key concerns for security officials include lone-wolf attacks and weaponized drones.
AI-generated summary was reviewed by a CNN editor.
HUNTSVILLE, AL—
On Thursday, the first whistle blew, ushering in the largest sporting event the US has ever hosted — or secured.
Millions of foreign fans are expected to descend across the country for the World Cup, with the US hosting 78 matches across 11 cities and countless more fan hubs and related events peppered throughout the country.
The scale alone presents a challenge for local and federal law enforcement as they work to secure each game in what Department of Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin has called a “zero-fail mission.”
They’ll have to contend with burgeoning threats stemming from ever-advancing drones and artificial intelligence alongside the incurable risk of lone wolf attacks — a recurring threat with effects that have already been felt in recent attacks in the US.
Andrew Giuliani — who was tapped to head the White House task force on the 2026 FIFA WorldCup — has said there is currently no known threat to the games.
The cup will be “truly the largest sporting event the world has ever hosted,” Giuliani told reporters during a recent security briefing in New York.
Separate federal agencies, including the Department of Homeland Security and FBI, will take the lead on various security components in different cities, with DHS and its vast network of law enforcement and security agencies responsible for much of the coordination.
The threat of drones, easily purchased and modified to carry deadly payloads, is a key concern for security officials across the government.
The FBI, at their Alabama training facility in the Redstone Arsenal military base, have ushered 60 police officers in cities across the US through a new counter-drone program, teaching them how to locate and thwart drones violating airspace restrictions.
Conflicts abroad, however, continue to advance drone technology at a rapid clip, with Ukraine taking the lead on developing new technology around using and thwarting the deadly uncrewed aircrafts.
Iran and its terrorist proxy groups have also seen a huge amounts of success in using drones to disrupt the Strait of Hormuz and in targeting US and Israel assets in the region.
Huddled in a tight mobile command post in Huntsville, Alabama, local officers around the country have been trained by the FBI on how to — if possible — remotely shutoff drones as well as other intercepting tactics where such efforts may be impossible, like with fiber-optic drones that skirt around radio-frequency jamming and similar counter-drone efforts.
“Our security posture is largely invisible to the public,” Michael Torphy, assistant section chief of the Critical Incident Response Group who leads the counter-drone training program, told reporters during a recent demonstration of the FBI’s counter-drone efforts.
Torphy noted the FBI has “protected every Super Bowl since 2019” when it comes to drone incursions “and many, many other events.”
“We’ve done this before. We’re going to do it again,” Torphy said.
The type of drones used in military attacks are far less likely to be deployed inside the US but the threat of smaller drones — easily purchased online — being equipped with explosive or chemical payloads remains, law enforcement officials told CNN. Those drones, because they largely rely on radio frequencies and similar forms of communication, can be more easily jammed and removed from the no-fly zones.
“Unfortunately, people can do a lot of damage with some pretty basic technology,” John Villasenor, a senior fellow in governance studies and the Center for Technology Innovation at the Brookings Institute, told CNN when discussing the bevy of potential threats. “I think we’re helped by the fact that the fraction of people who would actually do this is tiny. It’s not zero though, that’s the challenge.”
DHS will handle most of the counter-drone efforts during the World Cup, with the FBI taking the lead in three of the 11 cities.
Local police forces are also stepping up their counter-drone technology, with the New York Police Department alone purchasing $6.5 million in drone-mitigation equipment in preparation for the World Cup, according to officials.
“It would be a mistake to ignore the technology as it exists and how it’s being used across the world” as weapons in the wars in Ukraine and Iran, NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch told reporters during a press conference in May.
Security for the World Cup will take a bottom-up approach, with local law enforcement responsible for most of the on-the-ground security while federal authorities help to fill the gaps.
Officials say the threat of a lone actor deciding to attack an event or crowds remains the top concern, as people can often plot attacks undetected.
Because of this, federal officials told CNN, some of the hardest work falls on local police tasked with large areas to patrol and secure on the ground.
Command posts will be set up across the country, allowing local and federal officers to communicate with one another on any threats that emerge during the 40 days of matches.
Beyond the threat of drones, terrorist and lone wolf attacks, officials are also wary of the fans themselves.
Following game 3 of the NBA finals in New York, and despite a large security presence, attendees were attacked by other fans after the Spurs upset the Knicks’ winning streak. Concern for that type of violence, not uncommon during global soccer matches, is top of mind for officers on the ground, law enforcement officials told CNN.
In a series of bulletins sent to law enforcement partners, officials have specifically warned about Iran’s presence in the tournament and how fans could react.
“Upset fans in the (Iranian) diaspora could cause clashes at the Fan Festival and other events taking place in the Los Angeles area of responsibility,” according to the joint FBI-DHS threat assessment. “If Iran does play, the threat of transnational repression on local members of the Iranian diaspora will be cause for concern.”
The bulletins also warned of “the potential for an increase in terrorist activity, reportable targeted violence, mass casualty incidents” as well as transnational crime, cyber-attacks and foreign intelligence efforts.
“These concerns stem from the emergence of several converging trends: intensified rhetoric from foreign terrorist organizations targeting large-scale events, heightened violence at mass protests within the Homeland, and escalating geopolitical tensions.”
Officials involved in the security planning say they are also concerned about artificial intelligence, specifically fake videos that could easily be made in an effort to cause panic among fans and attendees.
Beyond the US, Mexico — which is hosting five matches in three host cities including Mexico City — will deploy nearly 100,000 security personnel as the country continues to battle powerful cartels and rampant street-level crime.
“There are very large networks of piracy, human trafficking, prostitution, obviously drug dealing, and some extortion, but it’s also the area of the country with the highest per capita police presence and security cameras, which gives it a different crime profile,” Víctor Manuel Sánchez Valdés, a researcher at the Autonomous University of Coahuila, told CNN’s Michael Rios in May.
CNN’s Kara Scannell and Josh Campbell contributed to this report.
