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 (-2.66%)
- Palantir Tech $PLTR (-3.18%)
- Check Point Software Technologies $CHKP (-0.06%)
- Crowdstrike $CRWD (-2.98%)
- VeriSign $VRSN (-0.23%)
- Zscaler $ZS (+2.29%)
- Okta $OKTA (-0.02%)
- Cloudflare $NET (+0.08%)
- Fortinet $FTNT (-2.31%)
- Cisco Systems $CSCO (-0.7%)
- Palo Alto Networks $PANW (-1.94%)
- Akamai Technologies $AKAM (-0.88%)
- BlackBerry $BB (-2.72%)
- NetScout Systems $NTCT (-1.47%)
- 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
