Presumably because the New York Times reports on the Pentagon's war plans against China, which Musk was apparently briefed on at the Pentagon today.
In a military conflict between the two economic powers USA and China, the first "Line of Contact" would be a digital one: cyber attacks.
And even if only hypothetical scenarios are reported, this will probably already lead to an intensification of the constant mutual cyber attacks. Information is key.
- Cyberark $CYBR
- Palantir Tech $PLTR (-0.58%)
- Check Point Software Technologies $CHKP (-0.42%)
- Crowdstrike $CRWD (-0.34%)
- VeriSign $VRSN (+0.23%)
- Zscaler $ZS (-0.74%)
- Okta $OKTA (-0.76%)
- Cloudflare $NET (-1.64%)
- Fortinet $FTNT (-0.38%)
- Cisco Systems $CSCO (-0.7%)
- Palo Alto Networks $PANW (-0.27%)
- Akamai Technologies $AKAM (-0.03%)
- BlackBerry $BB (-2.55%)
- NetScout Systems $NTCT (-0.84%)
- CommVault Systems $CVLT (-0.9%)
Sources:
- The Pentagon set up a briefing for Musk on plans for a potential war with China.
- NYTimes Liveblog: Trump Administration Live Updates: Trump Rejects Idea of Letting Musk See Secret Plans for War With China
