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by sharpneli 4234 days ago
Depends on the country. In UK truth is no defense for libel.

Also if you are sued for libel in US and prove that they indeed have a security hole that gives them the evidence directly to sue you for 'hacking' their site.

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> In UK truth is no defense for libel.

What?

http://www.senseaboutscience.org/data/files/A_quick_guide_to...

> Justification: a defendant must show that the substance and fact of what they have written is true. However, a judge decides what the words meant, and therefore what a defendant must prove to be true – sometimes not what a defendant expects.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_defamation_law

> Allowable defences are justification (i.e. the truth of the statement),

Edit:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defamation_Act_2013

> and introducing new statutory defences of truth, honest opinion, and 'publication on a matter of public interest' or privileged publications (including peer reviewed scientific journals),

US courts (at a state level) have occasionally ruled similarly, it is a worrying trend.

> The court ruled in the case of Noonan v. Staples that truth published with “actual malice” gleaned from the context of the statement can give rise to a libel lawsuit.

http://itlaw.wikia.com/wiki/Noonan_v._Staples