
News Wrap: Pro-Iran hackers say they breached Patel's email
Clip: 3/27/2026 | 4m 26sVideo has Closed Captions
News Wrap: Pro-Iranian group claims it hacked Kash Patel's email account
In our news wrap Friday, a pro-Iranian and pro-Palestinian hacking group claims it breached an email account belonging to FBI Director Kash Patel, lawyers representing Fulton County asked a federal court to order the FBI to return 2020 election ballots and records seized in a January raid and stocks closed out their worst week since the Iran war began, the fifth straight losing week.
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News Wrap: Pro-Iran hackers say they breached Patel's email
Clip: 3/27/2026 | 4m 26sVideo has Closed Captions
In our news wrap Friday, a pro-Iranian and pro-Palestinian hacking group claims it breached an email account belonging to FBI Director Kash Patel, lawyers representing Fulton County asked a federal court to order the FBI to return 2020 election ballots and records seized in a January raid and stocks closed out their worst week since the Iran war began, the fifth straight losing week.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorshipJOHN YANG: In the day's other headlines:# A pro-Iranian and pro-Palestinian hacking## group claims it breached an e-mail account# belonging to FBI Director Kash Patel.
The group## said they accessed Patel's personal e-mail and# published what appeared to be photographs of him,## as well as work and travel documents.# Most of them are more than a decade old.
Within hours, the FBI said it had taken all# necessary steps to mitigate potential risks## and that no government information was involved.# It's not clear when the hack might have occurred.
Lawyers representing Fulton County, Georgia,# asked a federal court today to order the FBI## to return 2020 election ballots and other records# seized in a late January raid.
FBI agents serving## a criminal warrant took more than 650 boxes of# 2020 documents from a warehouse near Atlanta.
Today, Justice Department lawyers said# they were cooperative and had provided## the county with digital copies of everything# taken.
Fulton County's lawyer, Abbe Lowell,## argued that the FBI is pursuing crimes for which# the statute of limitations has expired.
Fulton## County has been at the center of President Trump's# false claims that the 2020 election was stolen.
The bipartisan House Ethics Committee said# today that Florida Democratic Representative## Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick violated more than# two dozen House rules and federal campaign## finance laws.
As a result, there could be a# vote in the House to expel her from Congress.
Cherfilus-McCormick also faces criminal# charges for misusing millions of dollars## of taxpayer money.
If convicted, she could face# up to 53 years in prison.
The Ethics Committee## will recommend a punishment in the coming weeks.# Cherfilus-McCormick has denied any wrongdoing,## and after today's decision, she said: "I# look forward to proving my innocence."
Vice President J.D.
Vance presided# over the first meeting of the Trump## administration's new Anti-Fraud Task Force# today.
Vance and Vice Chair Andrew Ferguson,## who's head of the Federal Trade# Commission, said the task force## would focus on prosecuting and preventing# fraud with a whole government approach.
J.D.
VANCE, Vice President of the United# States: What we're going to actually do is## force the bureaucracy to take this seriously# and work together as political principals to## make sure that we stop allowing fraudsters# to steal the American people's money.
JOHN YANG: The inaugural meeting comes as# the administration is targeting Minnesota,## saying there's fraud in the state's social# services programs.
It prompted the administration## to crack down on the illegal immigration of the# Twin Cities and withhold some Medicaid funds.## Minnesota Governor Tim Walz said the state# is the target of a campaign of retribution.
Turning overseas, Austria is now the latest# nation to draw up sweeping social media## restrictions for young people.
The# nation's governing coalition agreed## in principle to ban social media for children# under the age of 14.
High-tech methods of age## verification would be employed.
Officials said# legislation will be drafted by the end of June.
ANDREAS BABLER, Vice Chancellor of Austria# (through translator): The risks associated## with excessive social media use range from# low self-esteem and addictive behavior to## cyber-bullying, which is to say, mobbing,# loneliness, and, in the most tragic cases,## even suicide.
What we wouldn't tolerate in person,# we shouldn't accept in the digital world either.
JOHN YANG: The Austrian government also plans to# teach media literacy and dealing with artificial## intelligence in schools.
In 2024, Australia# passed the first social media ban for children## under 16.
Since then, France, Spain, Denmark, and# other nations have announced plans of their own.
And, on Wall Street, stocks closed out their worst# week since the Iran war began, the fifth straight## losing week.
The Dow Jones industrial average# lost nearly 800 points, or 1.7 percent.
The## Nasdaq plummeted by more than 2 percent, and# the S&P 500 also finished firmly in the red.
Still to come on the "News Hour": how# Ukraine is developing new technology to## intercept Russian drones; an Army veteran faces# conspiracy charges over an anti-ICE protest;## and David Brooks and Ruth Marcus weigh# in on the week's political headlines.
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