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 (-3.41%)
- Palantir Tech $PLTR (+0.19%)
- Check Point Software Technologies $CHKP (-1.72%)
- Crowdstrike $CRWD (-5.25%)
- VeriSign $VRSN (-0.26%)
- Zscaler $ZS (-6.45%)
- Okta $OKTA (-5.77%)
- Cloudflare $NET (-4.01%)
- Fortinet $FTNT (-10.51%)
- Cisco Systems $CSCO (+0.82%)
- Palo Alto Networks $PANW (-3.36%)
- Akamai Technologies $AKAM (-0.68%)
- BlackBerry $BB (-3.32%)
- NetScout Systems $NTCT (-3.56%)
- CommVault Systems $CVLT (-1.57%)
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
