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 (-1.82%)
- Palantir Tech $PLTR (+7.49%)
- Check Point Software Technologies $CHKP (+2.69%)
- Crowdstrike $CRWD (+4.58%)
- VeriSign $VRSN (+1.81%)
- Zscaler $ZS (+3.5%)
- Okta $OKTA (-0.11%)
- Cloudflare $NET (+4.04%)
- Fortinet $FTNT (+3.35%)
- Cisco Systems $CSCO (+0.28%)
- Palo Alto Networks $PANW (+2.96%)
- Akamai Technologies $AKAM (+1.07%)
- BlackBerry $BB (+1.55%)
- NetScout Systems $NTCT (+0.96%)
- CommVault Systems $CVLT (+0.74%)
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
