A private phone call between an EU official and a journalist talking about Hungary and Ukraine was intercepted and published online.
An internal security review “found no evidence that any devices, networks or systems have been compromised.”
A private phone call between an EU official and a journalist talking about Hungary and Ukraine was intercepted and published online.
An internal security review “found no evidence that any devices, networks or systems have been compromised.”
With only 40 minutes between online publication of the recorded call and Hungarian news publishing about it,
"Alice Stollmeyer, from the NGO Defend Democracy, said the timing suggested the Hungarian media outlet had prior knowledge."
https://www.euractiv.com/news/rapporteur-mette-frederiksens-bad-win/
This is not about which EU official or which EU media.
This is about intercepting and leaking private conversations between journalists and their sources ahead of Hungary's elections — that will be crucial for EU's functioning.
This is about the security of our online conversations.
This is about defending our democracy.