You know, it'd probably help if you updated all the news articles in the OP at the very least.
Speaking of which.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/05/05/us-sony-insurance-idUSTRE74472120110505
Sony to attempt to get money from insurers... but Data experts think it will be hard since Sony will likely be accused of negligence by the insurerers.
"Some experts said Sony faces an uphill battle to get its insurers to pay for its damages from the cyber breach. They may try to blame Sony for negligence for failing to properly secure its data centers, said Dan Zeiler, a director of security and compliance for American Internet Services, a data center services provider. Zeiler, who helps manage data centers and server farms for clients in San Diego such as Intuit Inc and Rio Tinto, said he was surprised by the lack of sophistication in the way Sony protected its network. Sony said on Wednesday that it was adding "automated software monitoring and configuration management" to help defend itself against new attacks. Zeiler said Sony should have already been using that type of service."
