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 (+0,7%)
- Palantir Tech $PLTR (+2,29%)
- Check Point Software Technologies $CHKP (-0,87%)
- Crowdstrike $CRWD (+0,86%)
- VeriSign $VRSN (-1,23%)
- Zscaler $ZS (+1,56%)
- Okta $OKTA (+0,87%)
- Cloudflare $NET (+0,22%)
- Fortinet $FTNT (+0,84%)
- Cisco Systems $CSCO (+0,2%)
- Palo Alto Networks $PANW (+1,3%)
- Akamai Technologies $AKAM (-0,14%)
- BlackBerry $BB (+3,78%)
- NetScout Systems $NTCT (+1,32%)
- CommVault Systems $CVLT (+0,69%)
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

