On January 30 it was reported that the New York Times had been attacked by Chinese hackers for the previous four months. That day the price of Israeli company Check Point Software Technologies' (NASDAQ:CHKP) stock closed at $48.54. Today’s high is $51.91 an increase of 6.9% since Wednesday’s close.  One of Check Point’s competitors in the cybersecurity field Symantec (NASDAQ:SYMC) used reporting of the hacking as a moment for publicity releasing this statement: Advanced attacks like the ones the New York Times described...underscore how important it is for companies countries and consumers to make sure they are using the full ...