The report added that it is common practice by Hungary’s spy agency to search the hotel rooms of visiting EU delegations and download information from their laptops.
Contacted by POLITICO, Bertalan Havasi, press chief of Orbán’s office, said: “We are not dealing with fake news reports.”
Budapest has long been accused of hacking the phones of journalists, activists and opposition figures, with a Hungarian lawmaker acknowledging in 2021 that the government had purchased Israeli spyware. Earlier this year, an MEP critical of Hungary was also targeted by a cyberattack.
A spokesperson for OLAF did not immediately respond to POLITICO’s request for comment.