recently, it was reported that hackers has successfully breached sony's network and accessed personal data fro more than 100 million of it's online video game users. and with it, there is a question of the hackers' obtaining some 12.3 milllion credit card numbers during the hacking.
on april 19, 2011, sony noticed unauthorised activity and reported this to the united states federal bureau of investigation on april 22, 2011.
now, sony is looking to it's insurers to pay for this massive breach of data and one expert estimates this figure could exceed us$2 billion.
according to a sony spokesman, mr dan race who told reuters;
"we have a variety of types of insurance that cover damages."
but mr race refused to disclose who were their insurers or whether there was a cap on the size of the payout.
my comments:
it is good to know that sony corp ......