Hungarian government spied even on the President with secret spyware?!

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Based on the leaked list of the NSO Group’s foreign clients containing the phone numbers the Pegasus used to hack, two leaders of the Presidential Guard became targets of the spyware for months in 2019.

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According to telex.hu, Sándor Pomozi was the creator and commander of the Presidential Guard. The other target was one of his closest colleagues, Attila Viplak, who protected President Áder and his family on private programs and during their travels abroad. Pomozi is considered one of the best bodyguards in the country. For example,

he was in charge of guaranteeing the safety of all the guests at the wedding of PM Orbán eldest daughter, Ráchel.

The targets had every information about the president’s daily schedule, including his unofficial programs. Pomozi had all information about Áder’s family members as well. Meanwhile, Viplak was so important that he was designated to move into a secret bunker with Áder provided a terrorist or military attack.

Direkt36, a Hungarian investigative media outlet, could identify their phone numbers on a list leaked and containing all the foreign clients of the NSO Group which made the Pegasus spyware. The government used Pegasus to hack both Viplak’s personal and business phones in 2019 summer. In the case of Pomozi, the duration of

using the spyware was several months.

The database journalists obtained and reviewed does not tell who used the spyware against Hungarian targets. However, Lajos Kósa, a government politician, admitted that the administration bought and used it. Among the targets, there were journalists, media tycoons, opposition politicians, government and even national security officers.

The government keeps saying that the surveillance was legal. They did not respond to the questions of the Direkt36, just like the Counter-Terrorism Centre. The Presidential Office said that they did not want to comment on the article.

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6 Comments

  1. So then Istvan, if you see it as okay for Orban then you must think it’s also okay for Obama and Biden? Do you stand for any thing or does your troll contract just say be a stupid attack dog for Fidez?

  2. Ii is comical when a foreign, paid Soros dog calls a Hungarian a troll for defending Hungary. The troll is you JimJones.
    Hussein Obama and Biden spied on foreign leaders while the Black Muslim was hugging and kissing Angela Merkel.
    The Hungarian government is duty bound to discover and naturalize foreign agents, such as you who are a security threat to Hungary. There is no indication of any surveillance of foreign leaders by Hungarian authorities but the internal and external enemies of Hungary are spying on Hungarians and financing, campaigning for the anti-Hungarian opposition.
    It would be a dereliction of duty if Hungarian officials didn’t keep an eye on any potential threat to the safety of Hungarians. The same Victoria Nuland who organized, financed and armed the uprising in Ukraine under Hussein Obama is back with senile Biden and to her dirty tricks. We need to know who our enemies are.

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