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 (-5.91%)
- Palantir Tech $PLTR (-11.65%)
- Check Point Software Technologies $CHKP (-3.19%)
- Crowdstrike $CRWD (-5.76%)
- VeriSign $VRSN (-5.8%)
- Zscaler $ZS (-8.78%)
- Okta $OKTA (-8.73%)
- Cloudflare $NET (-9.11%)
- Fortinet $FTNT (-4.65%)
- Cisco Systems $CSCO (-3.89%)
- Palo Alto Networks $PANW (-6.21%)
- Akamai Technologies $AKAM (-5.56%)
- BlackBerry $BB (-3.17%)
- NetScout Systems $NTCT (-3.29%)
- CommVault Systems $CVLT (-8.66%)
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