Diamond D 03 January 2021

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someone hacked my mobile phone and he was able to listen each conversation by me through the mobile phone so the thing is I got that my mobile phone is hacked and I made a defamatory statement against the hacker and he listened my statement now can the hacker file a defamation case against me? I did not make the defamatory statement public though

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A user is concerned that a hacker who illegally accessed their phone and listened to conversations might sue them for defamation. The user made a statement about the hacker while on the phone, but not publicly. In UK law, for a statement to be defamatory, it generally needs to be published or made public. Therefore, if the statement was not shared beyond the private conversation, it's unlikely the hacker could successfully bring a defamation case.