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 (+0.13%)
- Check Point Software Technologies $CHKP (+0.33%)
- Crowdstrike $CRWD (+0.2%)
- VeriSign $VRSN (-4.17%)
- Zscaler $ZS (+1.33%)
- Okta $OKTA (-0.97%)
- Cloudflare $NET (-0.31%)
- Fortinet $FTNT (+2.08%)
- Cisco Systems $CSCO (+0.44%)
- Palo Alto Networks $PANW (+2.99%)
- Akamai Technologies $AKAM (-1.88%)
- BlackBerry $BB (-3.58%)
- NetScout Systems $NTCT (+1.67%)
- CommVault Systems $CVLT (+3.72%)
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
