For days now, Hungarian people have been stirred up through the story of Bence Szabó. By now, it has become clear that the entire story is yet another provocation campaign.
Péter Magyar, the left-liberal press, and opinion leaders allegedly fabricated this whole narrative to divert attention from the reality: that an IT specialist of the Tisza Party was recruited by foreign intelligence services and used for Ukrainian cyber operations. The declassified interrogation, in which the IT specialist speaks about this in detail, is said to be very instructive and worth listening to for everyone.
The IT specialist recounts that during his high school years he came into contact with an Estonian organization calling itself a cyber defense academy, which provided him with free training and presented itself as a partner of NATO’s Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre. As part of this “training,” he traveled to Tallinn, the Estonian capital; had to establish contact with a British–Hungarian dual citizen; had to get in touch with the Estonian embassy in Budapest; and began working with a Ukrainian hacker group. He was even required to travel to Kyiv to meet members of the team in person at Maidan Square, with whom he had to carry out cyber operations under a codename in the interest of Ukraine.
“I felt that although I did not have outstanding knowledge, I still possessed IT skills that could be useful in supporting Ukraine’s rather weak cyber defense situation, and also in gathering information for Ukraine.”
These tasks were allegedly carried out through encrypted channels, where assignments also included attacks against Ukrainian cyber defense systems and other civilian infrastructure.
Eventually, the IT specialist himself acknowledged that this was most likely a targeted intelligence recruitment:
“Since our last conversation, I’ve thought a lot about what was said and everything else, and unfortunately I’m leaning toward the conclusion that this was some kind of recruitment attempt, preparation for a later operation, because several suspicious elements came up.”
It also emerged that the “cyber defense academy” under whose name the “training” and recruitment attempt took place does not actually exist; it may have been a front organization for intelligence services.
Therefore, the IT specialist came into the scope of national security services because those services were doing their job. And regarding those who turned this into a political provocation campaign, legitimate questions arise:
– Should Hungarian intelligence services be expected to ignore and not act on a foreign recruitment attempt simply because the IT specialist works for the largest opposition party?
– Is it not a matter of high importance that foreign services are attempting to infiltrate the internal systems of Hungarian political parties to advance Ukrainian interests?
– Should Hungarian counterintelligence have remained passive, especially considering that a party preparing for governance may have been affected?
It is quite possible that Bence Szabó, a former employee of the National Bureau of Investigation, himself became a tool in the operation carried out by international networks in cooperation with the Hungarian left-liberal media. After all, police officers involved in the case may not have had access to documents related to the IT specialist’s recruitment.
An increasingly complex and expanding espionage story is unfolding before us in the final stretch of the election campaign, where allegedly spying journalists, international and Ukrainian intelligence services, and left-liberal media networks are working together to overthrow Hungary’s sovereign national government and replace it with a party that will unquestioningly carry out Brussels’ will and serve Ukrainian interests.
On April 12, we are choosing between a secure future and the surrender of our sovereignty—perhaps a more important decision than ever before.
Fidesz is the safe choice!
🧠 Quick Overview
👉 Main narrative:
- “Tisza = foreign (Ukrainian) intelligence infiltration”
- Magyar Péter = irresponsible / involved
- “State = acted correctly, provides protection”
- “Election = sovereignty vs. foreign interests”
👉 Actual structure (based on the text):
- conditional, uncertain statements (“I felt”, “probably”)
- no concrete evidence
- narrative → rewritten as a certain, closed espionage case
👉 🔥 Core point:
➡️ an uncertain story → turned into a conspiracy-level campaign narrative
🔍 Manipulation Techniques (detailed)
1️⃣ “Hoax campaign” framing (preemptive discrediting)
👉 Example:
“the whole story is just another hoax campaign”
👉 Technique:
➡️ preemptively delegitimizing the opposing narrative
➡️ discrediting it before any evidence is examined
👉 Goal:
➡️ prevent the audience from considering the other side
👉 Effect:
➡️ “what they say = lies”
2️⃣ Conspiracy chaining
👉 Example:
“liberal media + international networks + Ukrainian intelligence”
👉 Technique:
➡️ separate actors → merged into a single coordinated network
👉 Goal:
➡️ construct a global threat narrative
👉 Effect:
➡️ “everything is connected” feeling
3️⃣ Conditional statements → presented as facts
👉 Actual phrasing:
“I felt”, “it seemed like recruitment”
👉 Narrative version:
“he was recruited”, “used for cyber operations”
👉 Technique:
➡️ feeling → presented as proven fact
👉 Goal:
➡️ close the case without evidence
👉 Effect:
➡️ audience treats it as confirmed truth
4️⃣ Detail flooding
👉 Example:
Tallinn, British–Hungarian contact, Estonian embassy, Kyiv, Maidan, etc.
👉 Technique:
➡️ excessive details → illusion of credibility
👉 Goal:
➡️ “it’s so detailed → it must be true”
👉 Effect:
➡️ reduced critical thinking
5️⃣ Enemy construction (enemy framing)
👉 Enemies:
- “Ukrainian hacker group”
- “liberal media”
- “international networks”
👉 Technique:
➡️ multiple actors → merged into one hostile bloc
👉 Goal:
➡️ simplify the world into “us vs. them”
👉 Effect:
➡️ polarization
6️⃣ Protector framing (state as defender)
👉 Example:
“the services are doing their job”
👉 Technique:
➡️ state = protector
👉 Goal:
➡️ legitimize actions taken
👉 Effect:
➡️ criticism = “anti-national”
7️⃣ Rhetorical questions (guided thinking)
👉 Example:
“is it not expected…?”
“is it not a priority issue…?”
👉 Technique:
➡️ questions that already contain the answer
👉 Goal:
➡️ make the audience feel they reached the conclusion themselves
👉 Effect:
➡️ manufactured agreement
8️⃣ Threat escalation (fear framing)
👉 Example:
“infiltration into the internal systems of Hungarian political parties”
👉 Technique:
➡️ local issue → national security crisis
👉 Goal:
➡️ trigger fear
👉 Effect:
➡️ emotional decision-making
9️⃣ Guilt by association
👉 Example:
“Szabó Bence may also have been used as a tool”
👉 Technique:
➡️ linking individuals to the network without evidence
👉 Goal:
➡️ make all actors appear suspicious
👉 Effect:
➡️ “if you’re connected → you’re guilty”
🔟 False dilemma
👉 Example:
“secure future vs. loss of sovereignty”
👉 Technique:
➡️ presenting only two options
👉 Goal:
➡️ simplify the decision
👉 Effect:
➡️ no middle ground
1️⃣1️⃣ Apocalyptic campaign framing
👉 Example:
“more important than ever before”
👉 Technique:
➡️ election framed as a historic turning point
👉 Goal:
➡️ mobilization
👉 Effect:
➡️ urgency + pressure
🔥 Overall Pattern (short)
👉 This text follows a classic campaign formula:
uncertain story
→ amplified with details
→ turned into a conspiracy
→ escalated into a national security threat
→ simplified into an electoral choice
🧩 Hidden formula
👉
conspiracy + foreign enemy + “infiltration” + fear + urgency
→ “if we don’t win → the country is lost”