Key facts
- Prime Minister Peter Magyar said about 60,000 names have been made public in the database.
- Magyar said additional files will be uploaded by February 2027.
- Anyone can now search the online database for names linked to the former state security services.
- Magyar said many files were destroyed in 1956 and in 1988-1989, leaving the record incomplete.
- Viktor Orban said Communist secret services tried to recruit him as an informer and he refused.
Hungary released tens of thousands of Communist-era secret police files in an online public database on November 4, opening a window onto the informer network used to spy on citizens during decades of one-party rule.
Prime Minister Peter Magyar, speaking at a briefing at the archives, said about 60,000 names have now been made public. He said additional files will be uploaded by February 2027, but the record is far from complete because many files were destroyed in 1956 during Hungary's anti-Soviet uprising and in 1988-1989.