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 (-3.24%)
- Palantir Tech $PLTR (-7.09%)
- Check Point Software Technologies $CHKP (-1.42%)
- Crowdstrike $CRWD (-4.63%)
- VeriSign $VRSN (-0.88%)
- Zscaler $ZS (-2.54%)
- Okta $OKTA (-5.44%)
- Cloudflare $NET (-4.51%)
- Fortinet $FTNT (-4.55%)
- Cisco Systems $CSCO (-3.83%)
- Palo Alto Networks $PANW (-4.92%)
- Akamai Technologies $AKAM (-3.46%)
- BlackBerry $BB (-7.21%)
- NetScout Systems $NTCT (-3.49%)
- CommVault Systems $CVLT (-3.93%)
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
