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 (-6.45%)
- Palantir Tech $PLTR (-1.3%)
- Check Point Software Technologies $CHKP (-3.19%)
- Crowdstrike $CRWD (-5.7%)
- VeriSign $VRSN (-1.72%)
- Zscaler $ZS (-4.77%)
- Okta $OKTA (-4.48%)
- Cloudflare $NET (-8.62%)
- Fortinet $FTNT (-8.58%)
- Cisco Systems $CSCO (-8.82%)
- Palo Alto Networks $PANW (-2.8%)
- Akamai Technologies $AKAM (-5.22%)
- BlackBerry $BB (-6.84%)
- NetScout Systems $NTCT (-8.06%)
- CommVault Systems $CVLT (-9.48%)
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
