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 (+0%)
- Crowdstrike $CRWD (-0,56%)
- VeriSign $VRSN (+0%)
- Zscaler $ZS (-2,96%)
- Okta $OKTA (-1,89%)
- Cloudflare $NET (-0,97%)
- Fortinet $FTNT (+0,29%)
- Cisco Systems $CSCO (+0%)
- Palo Alto Networks $PANW (-0,37%)
- Akamai Technologies $AKAM (+0%)
- BlackBerry $BB (-4,12%)
- NetScout Systems $NTCT (+0%)
- CommVault Systems $CVLT (+0%)
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