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 (+0.7%)
- Palantir Tech $PLTR (+2.29%)
- Check Point Software Technologies $CHKP (-0.87%)
- Crowdstrike $CRWD (+0.86%)
- VeriSign $VRSN (-1.23%)
- Zscaler $ZS (+1.56%)
- Okta $OKTA (+0.87%)
- Cloudflare $NET (+0.22%)
- Fortinet $FTNT (+0.84%)
- Cisco Systems $CSCO (+0.2%)
- Palo Alto Networks $PANW (+1.3%)
- Akamai Technologies $AKAM (-0.14%)
- BlackBerry $BB (+3.78%)
- NetScout Systems $NTCT (+1.32%)
- CommVault Systems $CVLT (+0.69%)
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
