Bloomberg: Hungary bought from spyware monitoring politicians and journalists
Users of Israeli spyware can look into the digital correspondence of individuals and the political opposition.
According to a Bloomberg report, Hungary also bought from the Israel spyware program which allows politicians, journalists, civil activists, and individuals to be monitored. In addition to Hungary, Russia, Uzbekistan, Israel, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Indonesia, and Singapore have acquired the spyware. The University of Toronto has unveiled the countries, with a tip from Microsoft.
Spyware was detected in 10 countries, targeting 100 people.
The Israeli company Candiru’s product can connect to a computer, smartphone, or any device that can access the internet. The program has taken advantage of the weaknesses of the Windows operating system, writes Népszava. The identities of the victims were not disclosed by Microsoft for security reasons.
Thanks to the program, the governments and authoritarian leaders of the countries concerned were able to view digital correspondence from individuals and political opponents. Earlier, NSO, another Israeli company, was found to be making a similar program. NSO claims that the purpose of its product is to stop law enforcement and terrorism. As a result, NSO decided not to sell to 55 countries, and security measures were taken to ensure that none of the customers abused the system.
Candiru’s software costs 16 million euros, allowing the user to observe 10 people at the same time.
For an additional 1.5 million euros, the number of observations can be increased by 15. The involvement of the Hungarian government is also problematic because the European Commission is increasingly opposed to Hungary. The Commission recently sued Hungary over the refugee law, but the paedophile law passed in Hungary was also a major concern.
According to some, this could be another step towards strengthening the rule of law and fundamental rights which, in the long run, could result in Hungary leaving the European Union, following the example of Great Britain.
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Source: Bloomberg, Népszava
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4 Comments
Have you done a research how many NGO-s are in Hungary?
I wouldn’t take much notice of what Bloomberg says.
You know it and I know it, we have much more PRESS FREEDOM IN HUNGARY than any of the other EU countries.
Isn’t “BLOOMBERG” the name of an unsuccessful ‘punk-rock’ band ?
Orbanism=communism. Same mentality, same methods, same achievements.
NGOs are often financed by foreign globalist and they represent foreign interest. They should be monitored. NGOs financed by Soros and his open society are detrimental to the society. These groups wish to flood the country with migrants and this is against the wishes of the population. 37% of Syrians, who arrived in Germany in 2015, are employed, the cost to the taxpayers is enormous, Hungary could not afford such luxury. Crime committed by refugees/migrants includes terrorism, murder, rape. No one wants criminals as neighbors.
There is a second group that wants to cede sovereignty to Brussels. Hungarians have always lost under foreign dictatorship, the results of the occupation by Turkey, the dictatorships by the Hapsburgs and Russia always resulted in the loss of blood and poverty. Western Europe does not represent the interest of Hungary.
These anti-Hungarian patriots can only damage or sell the country, they should be monitored and stopped from causing damage to the country. These anti-patriot groups should leave the country.