Orbán's main rival accused the intelligence services of espionage
Péter Magyar, the main rival of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán in the elections, stated that IT specialists on his team—who have begun to be labeled “Ukrainian agents”—discovered that spyware similar to Pegasus had been used against the opposition party “Tisza.”
Mátyás published a video statement on this matter on March 26, according to 444.
According to Magyar, Tisza politicians may have been monitored using the Israeli program Candiru, which is similar in characteristics to the better-known Pegasus.
“In addition to infiltration, blackmail, and threats, the illegal methods of Orbán’s security services also include the use of the Candiru spyware… We have reason to believe that Hungarian services deployed this program, originally developed for military purposes, in collaboration with forces from the East,” Mádor noted.
He added that Orbán’s intelligence services sought to “take out” the IT security experts on his team because they had just exposed the use of Candiru. Mádor also compared the persecution of IT specialists to “the worst days of communism.”
Recently, Viktor Orbán’s team has been actively promoting the “spy theme” as part of its election campaign.
Prior to this, Péter Magyar, leader of the Hungarian opposition party “Tisa,” stated that if he wins the parliamentary elections on April 12, he plans to remove key allies of Prime Minister Viktor Orbán from power, including the president and heads of judicial bodies.
As a reminder, large-scale rallies took place in Budapest on March 15, featuring Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and his main opponent, Péter Magyar, leader of the Tisza party, marking a key stage in the campaign ahead of the April 12 parliamentary elections.
Earlier, Hungarian opposition leader Péter Magyar stated that Viktor Orbán’s Fidesz party, together with Russian political strategists, is preparing a large-scale campaign to discredit opponents ahead of the parliamentary elections scheduled for April 12, 2026.
The Russian Federation has launched a large-scale disinformation campaign in Hungary aimed at strengthening the position of incumbent Prime Minister Viktor Orbán ahead of the April 12 elections.
