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 (+0.68%)
- Palantir Tech $PLTR (+0.69%)
- Check Point Software Technologies $CHKP (+0.63%)
- Crowdstrike $CRWD (+0.5%)
- VeriSign $VRSN (+0.85%)
- Zscaler $ZS (-0.45%)
- Okta $OKTA (+0.55%)
- Cloudflare $NET (+0.55%)
- Fortinet $FTNT (+0.39%)
- Cisco Systems $CSCO (+0.14%)
- Palo Alto Networks $PANW (+0.38%)
- Akamai Technologies $AKAM (+0.18%)
- BlackBerry $BB (+0.86%)
- NetScout Systems $NTCT (+0.23%)
- CommVault Systems $CVLT (+0.33%)
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
