Günther Oettinger, the European Union’s proposed Commissioner for the Digital Economy and Society, gave a disappointing performance at his confirmation hearing, dodging questions and calling the victims of a recent data breach “dumb.”

Critics said Oettinger’s remarks about the celebrities whose iCloud accounts were compromised, allowing hackers to release nude photos of them, showed he was unfit for the job of shoring up public confidence in the Internet.

During the three-hour confirmation hearing before Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) late Monday, Oettinger said he couldn’t believe the public lamentations over the nude celebrity photo incident.

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