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 (-3,19 %)
- Crowdstrike $CRWD (-5,7 %)
- VeriSign $VRSN (-1,72 %)
- Zscaler $ZS (-4,77 %)
- Okta $OKTA (-4,48 %)
- Cloudflare $NET (-8,62 %)
- Fortinet $FTNT (-8,58 %)
- Cisco Systems $CSCO (-8,82 %)
- Palo Alto Networks $PANW (-2,8 %)
- Akamai Technologies $AKAM (-5,22 %)
- BlackBerry $BB (-6,84 %)
- NetScout Systems $NTCT (-8,06 %)
- CommVault Systems $CVLT (-9,48 %)
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