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.
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- Check Point Software Technologies $CHKP (-5,11 %)
- Crowdstrike $CRWD (-3,19 %)
- VeriSign $VRSN (-3,95 %)
- Zscaler $ZS (-1,07 %)
- Okta $OKTA (-3,14 %)
- Cloudflare $NET (-1,85 %)
- Fortinet $FTNT (-4,61 %)
- Cisco Systems $CSCO (-4,61 %)
- Palo Alto Networks $PANW (-2,58 %)
- Akamai Technologies $AKAM (-4,56 %)
- BlackBerry $BB (-4,33 %)
- NetScout Systems $NTCT (-6,05 %)
- CommVault Systems $CVLT (-5,88 %)
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