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 (-6.23%)
- Check Point Software Technologies $CHKP (-4.56%)
- Crowdstrike $CRWD (-5.13%)
- VeriSign $VRSN (-3.67%)
- Zscaler $ZS (-6.84%)
- Okta $OKTA (-3.79%)
- Cloudflare $NET (-5.87%)
- Fortinet $FTNT (-4.22%)
- Cisco Systems $CSCO (-4.72%)
- Palo Alto Networks $PANW (-3.75%)
- Akamai Technologies $AKAM (-7.15%)
- BlackBerry $BB (-6.23%)
- NetScout Systems $NTCT (-4.38%)
- CommVault Systems $CVLT (-4.98%)
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