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 (-2,13%)
- Palantir Tech $PLTR (+1,79%)
- Check Point Software Technologies $CHKP (-1,46%)
- Crowdstrike $CRWD (-1,04%)
- VeriSign $VRSN (-1,08%)
- Zscaler $ZS (-0,13%)
- Okta $OKTA (-0,17%)
- Cloudflare $NET (+1,63%)
- Fortinet $FTNT (-2,17%)
- Cisco Systems $CSCO (+3,12%)
- Palo Alto Networks $PANW (-0,61%)
- Akamai Technologies $AKAM (+1,3%)
- BlackBerry $BB (-1,14%)
- NetScout Systems $NTCT (-1,51%)
- CommVault Systems $CVLT (-0,92%)
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
