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 (-0,29%)
- Palantir Tech $PLTR (-5,19%)
- Check Point Software Technologies $CHKP (-0,6%)
- Crowdstrike $CRWD (-0,35%)
- VeriSign $VRSN (+1,93%)
- Zscaler $ZS (-0,12%)
- Okta $OKTA (+1,47%)
- Cloudflare $NET (+1,63%)
- Fortinet $FTNT (+0,31%)
- Cisco Systems $CSCO (+0,04%)
- Palo Alto Networks $PANW (-0,56%)
- Akamai Technologies $AKAM (+0,03%)
- BlackBerry $BB (-2,61%)
- NetScout Systems $NTCT (-1,42%)
- CommVault Systems $CVLT (+0,67%)
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