Sony insurer seeks hack opt-out

Sony faces a court battle over how it will pay for legal claims made in the wake of a massive data breach, says the BBC.

One of the company's insurers has asked a judge to rule that it is not liable for losses related to the cyber attack. In April, Sony discovered that hackers had gained access to 77 million accounts on its PlayStation Network.

Zurich American Insurance has now gone to court in New York seeking a declaration that it does not have to help Sony with current or future legal action related to the data breach.

Apple is in talks to potentially bid for video-streaming service Hulu, according to a person close to the situation, reveals the Associated Press.

The person spoke on condition of anonymity because they are not authorised to talk about the matter.

An acquisition of Hulu could bolster Apple's iTunes store, which provides videos that users can rent or buy, and help it compete with Netflix.

Anonymous, the hacking group that saw some of its alleged members arrested last week, had another blow to deal with, albeit a lesser one - its own social network page was hacked and defaced, according to Technolog.

The group had earlier revealed it was starting AnonPlus after its 'Your Anon News' account was rejected by Google's new social network, Google+, for violating the site's standards.

Not much had been posted yet. But the AnonPlus Web link now redirects to 'AnonSource Technlologies', where comments were shared about the hack, which made fun of Anonymous' logo and slogans.

A former vice-chairman of China Mobile has been sentenced to death for accepting bribes, although the man was given a two-year reprieve, states V3.co.uk.

Zhang Chunjiang was found guilty of accepting the bribes, as well as awarding favourable contract terms, to enrich himself to the tune of $1.15 million between 1994 and 2009.

The money is thought to have come from Beijing-based Yidi Dianxun Technology and Sunshine Jia Xin Technology. After the verdict, the Intermediate People's Court of Cangzhou city suspended the death sentence for two years, because Zhang had confessed to his crimes and all the bribe money had been recovered.