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 (-3.33%)
- Check Point Software Technologies $CHKP (-0.54%)
- Crowdstrike $CRWD (-4.09%)
- VeriSign $VRSN (+0.24%)
- Zscaler $ZS (-3.04%)
- Okta $OKTA (-6.07%)
- Cloudflare $NET (-6.39%)
- Fortinet $FTNT (-3.44%)
- Cisco Systems $CSCO (-0.93%)
- Palo Alto Networks $PANW (-5.12%)
- Akamai Technologies $AKAM (-9.53%)
- BlackBerry $BB (-2.61%)
- NetScout Systems $NTCT (-3.75%)
- CommVault Systems $CVLT (-2.26%)
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
