showed that the attacks by Russian hackers began at least a decade ago -. At present, it is no longer possible to establish how the spies got into the Hungarian network. However, it is known that spyware infected the government system through phishing attacks and e-mail messages, and then took over the entire network.
The Russians had access to computers located in the headquarters and to devices in over 90 foreign diplomatic missions.
Hungary is the victim of a Russian hacker attack
The Russians had or still have access to e-mails of Ministry of Foreign Affairs employees, and even to secret and proprietary information. Direkt36 reports that thanks to this, the Hungarian ministry was like an open book.
The Russians were also able to determine what the ministry is doing and planning. One document released by journalists confirms that the government was still under attack in January 2022, just before the Russian invasion of.
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The Hungarians were already aware of the attack on December 30, 2021, when the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Péter Szijjártóm, accepted the order from his Russian counterpart, Sergey Lavrov. By that time, the Russians had taken over the entire system of the ministry, which they had been trying to do since 2014. Despite this, they did not raise the matter publicly and did not file any complaints against Russia – notes Direkt36.
The Hungarian government did not respond to the discovery of the hacker attack
Direkt36 consulted the matter with former members of the secret services who confirmed that the Russians were behind the attacks. they can work for the Russian security agency, the Federal Security Service (FSB), or for the Russian military intelligence agency GRU.
However, several informants from the Hungarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed that the case was known to government agencies. Direkt36 asked for comments from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of the Interior and the cabinet of the Hungarian Prime Minister. However, none of them replied. After the publication of the article, the spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs commented on the situation with only one sentence: We pay no attention to electoral lies. On April 3, Hungarians will decide on the shape of the parliament,
Source: Gazeta
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