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 (-1.6%)
- Palantir Tech $PLTR (-2.52%)
- Check Point Software Technologies $CHKP (-0.45%)
- Crowdstrike $CRWD (-2.58%)
- VeriSign $VRSN (+0.78%)
- Zscaler $ZS (-0.74%)
- Okta $OKTA (-0.81%)
- Cloudflare $NET (-3.98%)
- Fortinet $FTNT (-2.81%)
- Cisco Systems $CSCO (-0.99%)
- Palo Alto Networks $PANW (-2.05%)
- Akamai Technologies $AKAM (+1.58%)
- BlackBerry $BB (+1.81%)
- NetScout Systems $NTCT (-1.17%)
- CommVault Systems $CVLT (-2.08%)
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
