Sony's insurers to help foot bill for data breach
Sony is looking to its insurers to help pay for its massive data breach an amount that could exceed $2bn, Reuters has reported.
Sony Corp spokesman Dan Race told Reuters: "We have a variety of types of insurance that cover damages.Certain carriers have been put on notice.”
Race declined to name the insurers or to say whether there was a cap on the size of any payout they would make to Sony.
Sony has been under fire since hackers accessed personal data for more than 100 million of its online video game users.
It has said it could not rule out that some 12.3 million credit card numbers had been obtained during the hacking.
Sony noticed unauthorized activity on its network on April 19, and reported it to the US Federal Bureau of Investigation on April 22.
Some experts said Sony faces an uphill battle to get its insurers to pay for its damages from the cyber breach.
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