EUs new digital commissioner calls celebrities in nude picture leak stupid

Germanys Günther Oettinger says stars who put naked photos of themselves online could not count on his protection

Former EU energy commissioner Günther Oettinger, 61, is used to accusations that he is more digitally naïve than digitally native by now. But at a hearing in front of the European parliament, the EUs next commissioner designate for digital economy and society raised some serious questions about his suitability.

During a three-hour grilling by MEPs in Brussels, Oettinger said it would not be his job to protect stars stupid enough to take a nude photo of themselves and put it online seemingly unaware that the recent leak of celebrities nude photographs had come about as a result of a targeted hacking attack.

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