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 (-2.74%)
- Palantir Tech $PLTR (-6.59%)
- Check Point Software Technologies $CHKP (-2.13%)
- Crowdstrike $CRWD (-3.45%)
- VeriSign $VRSN (+0.32%)
- Zscaler $ZS (-3.09%)
- Okta $OKTA (-1.05%)
- Cloudflare $NET (-5.58%)
- Fortinet $FTNT (-1.48%)
- Cisco Systems $CSCO (-2.42%)
- Palo Alto Networks $PANW (-2.95%)
- Akamai Technologies $AKAM (-2.26%)
- BlackBerry $BB (-4.15%)
- NetScout Systems $NTCT (-4.6%)
- CommVault Systems $CVLT (-1.81%)
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
