# Hungary's Secret Police Files Go Online

> Hungary's communist secret police files go online, embarrassing Fidesz MP named by mistake.
- Title: Hungary's Secret Police Files Go Online · EUobserver
- Summary: Hungary's communist secret police files go online, embarrassing Fidesz MP named by mistake.
- Keywords: hungary, communist secret police, fidesz, sándor lezsák, state security, nyitottaktak.hu, tisza government, EUobserver
- Source: EUobserver — https://euobserver.com/247289/hungarys-communist-secretpolice-files-go-online-and-a-fidesz-mp-is-named-by-mistake-day-178-of-the-tisza-government
- Published: 2026-11-06T13:42:10+00:00
- Read time: 1 min
- Topics: hungary, communist secret police, fidesz, sándor lezsák, state security, nyitottaktak.hu, tisza government, politics, world
## Secret-police files online
Hungary published communist secret police files online for public search.
## Sándor Lezsák named by mistake
Fidesz MP Sándor Lezsák mistakenly appeared in state security files online.
## Lezsák's protest
Lezsák wrote he would be held accountable in court for spreading the lie.

> Everyone who spreads this vile lie will be held accountable for it in court
## IT error corrected
Historical Archives confirmed Lezsák was not a network contact but under surveillance.
## Fidesz reaction
Fidesz politicians criticized Tisza government for neo-communist actions.
## Apology from government
Prime minister Magyar publicly apologized to Lezsák for the error.
## Historical context
Hungary made files public 37 years after communist regime change.
## Key takeaway

Hungary published communist secret police files online, mistakenly including Fidesz MP Sándor Lezsák who denied being an agent.