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
- Palantir Tech $PLTR (-0.26%)
- Check Point Software Technologies $CHKP (-0.44%)
- Crowdstrike $CRWD (+0.65%)
- VeriSign $VRSN (-1.6%)
- Zscaler $ZS (+0.79%)
- Okta $OKTA (+0.18%)
- Cloudflare $NET (+1.27%)
- Fortinet $FTNT (-0.75%)
- Cisco Systems $CSCO (-0.22%)
- Palo Alto Networks $PANW (+0%)
- Akamai Technologies $AKAM (+0.29%)
- BlackBerry $BB (-0.26%)
- NetScout Systems $NTCT (-0.18%)
- CommVault Systems $CVLT (+0.4%)
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
