‘Among those affected were a senior military officer responsible for information security, a counter terrorism coordinator in the foreign affairs department, and an employee whose role was to identify hybrid threats against the country.’

There shouldn’t even be the option to use simple passwords. And MFA should be mandatory. This reads like something from the 90’s.

It does, yes. Moreover, this seems to be not the first time:

> In 2022, ahead of Hungary’s last election, Direkt36 reported that Russia’s intelligence services had gained access [...]

FYI, elections in Hungary are Sunday. There have been some interesting "leaks" this week, those which I have seen are negative for the current gov't (Orban). I haven't seen any for the opposition, which I find surprising given both the Putin and Trump regimes are in Orban's corner.

From a couple days ago, showing a 12 point plan between Orban and Russia for closer ties: https://www.politico.eu/article/hungary-and-russia-struck-12...