France, March 28 -- The quickly expanding fundraiser signalled widespread public outrage over the case, dubbed "Orban-gate" by opposition leader Peter Magyar, who called it the most serious national security scandal since the country's democratic transition in 1990.

Nationalist Orban, continuously in power since 2010, is facing an unprecedented challenge from Magyar's TISZA party, which has been leading independent polls for over a year, ahead of the April 12 vote.

Former police captain Bence Szabo claims to have uncovered evidence suggesting that the country's domestic intelligence service was trying to infiltrate TISZA's IT systems since at least 2025.

The ex-investigator made the allegations in a video published Thursday, which has ...