Russian spy tried to smuggle information to Budapest in his rectum

According to the Security Service of Ukraine, a Russian soldier tried to personally transport information to the Russian embassy in Budapest. He planned to do this by hiding a pendrive in his rectum. Although the rectum of the spy might be interesting, the fact that he tried to smuggle information to Budapest is a bit more concerning.

At the end of November, the Ukrainian special forces captured a suspected Russian spy at the Hungarian-Ukrainian border. The man was a former employee of the Ukrainian ministry of domestic affairs. According to the Security Service of Ukraine, he collected secret information about the Ukrainian law enforcement services and personnel, reports 444.hu.

The stolen data contained information about the leaders of the SBU (security service) and GUR (intelligence), the Azov movement and the 72nd mechanised brigade. There was also information about the location of Ukrainian military bases and storage units. The goal was to transfer this data to the Russian embassy in Budapest on a pendrive.

Russian intelligence centre in Budapest

This incident might be proof that Budapest became the regional centre for Russian intelligence. In 2021, 46 diplomats worked at the embassy in Budapest. After the war broke out, most European countries expulsed many diplomats. Following this, the number of diplomats in Budapest grew to 50 and by the summer, 6 more have arrived. In comparison, there are only 35 Russian diplomats in London for example.

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The government does not seem to be very concerned about this. Russian hackers have had access to the computers in the ministry of foreign affairs for about 10 years. Later, they were able to continue this activity despite the fact that the Hungarian government knew about it. It is very likely that the Russian spies do not operate exactly where they collect information. A large number of Russian diplomats provides the perfect base for operations to carry out covert operations.

Martin Müller, a former Austrian military officer and Russian spy colonel, regularly meets his contact at Hévíz. While two GRU agents also visited the Russian embassy, they were later suspected of exploding a Czech ammunition depot. Russian hackers in the ministry of foreign affairs did not just stop at collecting data about Hungary. They even broke into the Secured Foreign Network too, where NATO and EU documents also arrive. These attacks are usually not aimed at Hungary, but they are used to collect data for attacks against the USA.

The head of the National Cybersecurity Institute, Szabolcs Panyi said that Russia extorts the Hungarian government with its energy dependency. However, he added that this does not explain why the government keeps undermining EU efforts to sanction Russia or why they let Russian spies to do basically whatever they want.

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Source: 444.hu