MEP Daniel Freund claims Viktor Orban attempted to hack his email account<\/p>\n
A member of the European Parliament has filed a police complaint against Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban over an alleged attempt to install spyware on his devices.
\nDaniel Freund of Germany\u2019s Green Party claimed that he was targeted by hackers in 2024 and that \u201cHungary is the only plausible actor in this scenario.\u201d
\n\u201cIf confirmed, this would be an outrageous attack on the European Parliament,\u201d he wrote on X on Wednesday.
\nIn his filing, Freund and the German nonprofit Society for Civil Rights (GFF) asked the prosecutor\u2019s office in Krefeld, as well as cybercrime centers in Cologne and Dusseldorf, to launch an investigation against Orban and an unidentified person.<\/p>\n
In 2024, someone tried to install #spyware on my devices. Today @freiheitsrechte and I filed charges – against Viktor Orb\u00e1n. #Hungary is the only plausible actor in this scenario. If confirmed, this would be an outrageous attack on the European Parliament.\u2014 Daniel Freund (@daniel_freund) October 15, 2025 <\/p>\n
According to Politico Europe, the complaint states that someone posing as a Ukrainian student sent an email containing spyware to Freund\u2019s parliamentary address in May 2024. \u201cAccording to the EU Parliament\u2019s IT experts, the Hungarian government could be behind the eavesdropping on me,\u201d Freund said.<\/p>\n
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A frequent critic of Hungary\u2019s conservative government, Freund has accused Orban of eroding democracy, cracking down on domestic opposition, and engaging in corruption.
\nOrban has repeatedly accused \u201cthe bureaucrats in Brussels\u201d of warmongering and attempting to undermine Hungary\u2019s sovereignty.
\nHungarian government spokesman Zoltan Kovacs has often sparred with Freund on X, calling him a \u201cclown\u201d and a \u201cmadman.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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