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 (+1.75%)
- Palantir Tech $PLTR (-2.59%)
- Check Point Software Technologies $CHKP (+1.51%)
- Crowdstrike $CRWD (+0.15%)
- VeriSign $VRSN (+0.63%)
- Zscaler $ZS (+1.34%)
- Okta $OKTA (+3.31%)
- Cloudflare $NET (+3.22%)
- Fortinet $FTNT (+1.86%)
- Cisco Systems $CSCO (-5.01%)
- Palo Alto Networks $PANW (+1.91%)
- Akamai Technologies $AKAM (-0.61%)
- BlackBerry $BB (-0.95%)
- NetScout Systems $NTCT (+0.52%)
- CommVault Systems $CVLT (-2.54%)
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
