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Israeli intelligence firm targeted NGOs during Hungary’s election campaign
People working for Black Cube secretly taped meetings that were then cited by Prime Minister Victor Orbán.
- Lili Bayer
- Politico
The Israeli private intelligence firm Black Cube was involved in a campaign to discredit NGOs ahead of Hungary’s April election, according to a former Black Cube employee and a person with knowledge of the company’s inner workings.
Between December 2017 and March 2018, Hungarian NGOs and individuals connected to American-Hungarian businessman George Soros were contacted by agents using false identities who…