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 (+4.03%)
- Palantir Tech $PLTR (+3.91%)
- Check Point Software Technologies $CHKP (+2.01%)
- Crowdstrike $CRWD (+5.88%)
- VeriSign $VRSN (+1.19%)
- Zscaler $ZS (+4%)
- Okta $OKTA (+1.97%)
- Cloudflare $NET (+5.07%)
- Fortinet $FTNT (+3.41%)
- Cisco Systems $CSCO (+1.2%)
- Palo Alto Networks $PANW (+3.3%)
- Akamai Technologies $AKAM (+2.98%)
- BlackBerry $BB (+1.75%)
- NetScout Systems $NTCT (+1.4%)
- CommVault Systems $CVLT (+4.78%)
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