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 (-0.52%)
- Palantir Tech $PLTR (-0.13%)
- Check Point Software Technologies $CHKP (-0.96%)
- Crowdstrike $CRWD (-1.44%)
- VeriSign $VRSN (-0.93%)
- Zscaler $ZS (-1.59%)
- Okta $OKTA (-2.15%)
- Cloudflare $NET (+0.08%)
- Fortinet $FTNT (-1.11%)
- Cisco Systems $CSCO (-0.3%)
- Palo Alto Networks $PANW (-1.07%)
- Akamai Technologies $AKAM (-1.25%)
- BlackBerry $BB (+0.89%)
- NetScout Systems $NTCT (-0.76%)
- CommVault Systems $CVLT (+0%)
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
