Orbán Orders Probe After Data on 200,000 Hungarians Is Posted Online
Competing claims over responsibility turn the breach into a national security flashpoint.
Overview
- Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said personal data for about 200,000 people appeared online without consent and directed an immediate investigation.
- Orbán alleged the database was compiled by the opposition Tisa party and that Ukrainian actors were involved, calling the exposure a threat to national security.
- Tisa leader Peter Magyar reported a sustained cyberattack on the party’s app, said supporter data was stolen, and noted the database was briefly accessible before removal.
- Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto labeled the episode a major political scandal, claimed the app was built with Ukrainian programmers, and asserted the data ended up in Ukraine.
- No independent forensic findings have been presented publicly, and the competing accounts reflect earlier government claims of foreign interference in Hungarian politics.