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 (+0,32%)
- Palantir Tech $PLTR (-0,78%)
- Check Point Software Technologies $CHKP (-0,1%)
- Crowdstrike $CRWD (-0,71%)
- VeriSign $VRSN (+0,24%)
- Zscaler $ZS (-0,2%)
- Okta $OKTA (+0,04%)
- Cloudflare $NET (-0,31%)
- Fortinet $FTNT (-0,51%)
- Cisco Systems $CSCO (-0,38%)
- Palo Alto Networks $PANW (-1,01%)
- Akamai Technologies $AKAM (+0,4%)
- BlackBerry $BB (-0,5%)
- NetScout Systems $NTCT (-0,6%)
- CommVault Systems $CVLT (-0,32%)
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