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 (+0,77%)
- Palantir Tech $PLTR (-1,28%)
- Check Point Software Technologies $CHKP (+0,58%)
- Crowdstrike $CRWD (+1,63%)
- VeriSign $VRSN (+0,32%)
- Zscaler $ZS (-0,64%)
- Okta $OKTA (-1,22%)
- Cloudflare $NET (-0,83%)
- Fortinet $FTNT (+0,5%)
- Cisco Systems $CSCO (-0,04%)
- Palo Alto Networks $PANW (-1,77%)
- Akamai Technologies $AKAM (+0,6%)
- BlackBerry $BB (-0,72%)
- NetScout Systems $NTCT (-0,34%)
- CommVault Systems $CVLT (-1,48%)
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