http://www.budapesttimes.hu/index.php?art=1508 Michael Logan Budapest February 27, 2006 Main opposition party Fidesz has suspended the three men believed responsible for hacking into the election campaign website of the ruling Hungarian Socialist Party (MSZP). The unnamed men were blamed for using the Fidesz server to hack into the website and download around 3,000 files, something that Fidesz initially denied before shifting the blame onto the "overzealous" employees. Police have asked Fidesz for the three workers' names. Counter-claims appear effective Fidesz leader Viktor Orbán has attempted to play down the incident, despite the fact that police are now investigating, and other party members have claimed that the MSZP has committed similar crimes in the past. Daily Népszabadság claimed that Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsány's campaign schedule has now been thrown into doubt, as have many of the documents related to his speeches and itinerary. The paper said that Gyurcsány would now have to change his route around the country and change his speeches. However, it would seem that, despite the MSZP's efforts to draw attention to what it believes is a serious incident, polls conducted after the goings-on found that people do not particularly care. Pollsters found that, despite the vast majority of people saying information should not be collected by illegal means, only 10% believed that either party had used underhand methods in the campaign so far. _________________________________ InfoSec News v2.0 - Coming Soon! http://www.infosecnews.org
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