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
- Palantir Tech $PLTR (-3,21%)
- Check Point Software Technologies $CHKP (+1,29%)
- Crowdstrike $CRWD (-1,57%)
- VeriSign $VRSN (+2,05%)
- Zscaler $ZS (+1,2%)
- Okta $OKTA (+0,14%)
- Cloudflare $NET (-1,19%)
- Fortinet $FTNT (-1,9%)
- Cisco Systems $CSCO (-2,8%)
- Palo Alto Networks $PANW (-2,52%)
- Akamai Technologies $AKAM (-0,15%)
- BlackBerry $BB (+1,55%)
- NetScout Systems $NTCT (-2,34%)
- CommVault Systems $CVLT (+5,76%)
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
