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 (+0.27%)
- Palantir Tech $PLTR (-2.66%)
- Check Point Software Technologies $CHKP (+0.44%)
- Crowdstrike $CRWD (+0.69%)
- VeriSign $VRSN (+0.17%)
- Zscaler $ZS (+1.36%)
- Okta $OKTA (+1.3%)
- Cloudflare $NET (+1.08%)
- Fortinet $FTNT (+2.62%)
- Cisco Systems $CSCO (-2.53%)
- Palo Alto Networks $PANW (+0.28%)
- Akamai Technologies $AKAM (+0.42%)
- BlackBerry $BB (+2.47%)
- NetScout Systems $NTCT (-1.3%)
- CommVault Systems $CVLT (+1.67%)
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
