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 (-1.04%)
- Palantir Tech $PLTR (-6.93%)
- Check Point Software Technologies $CHKP (-2.03%)
- Crowdstrike $CRWD (-1.48%)
- VeriSign $VRSN (-1.08%)
- Zscaler $ZS (-0.82%)
- Okta $OKTA (-1.6%)
- Cloudflare $NET (-4.06%)
- Fortinet $FTNT (-0.38%)
- Cisco Systems $CSCO (-0.67%)
- Palo Alto Networks $PANW (-1.27%)
- Akamai Technologies $AKAM (-0.78%)
- BlackBerry $BB (-4.48%)
- NetScout Systems $NTCT (+0.71%)
- CommVault Systems $CVLT (-2.23%)
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
