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 (-2,59%)
- Palantir Tech $PLTR (+1,57%)
- Check Point Software Technologies $CHKP (-1,55%)
- Crowdstrike $CRWD (-5,09%)
- VeriSign $VRSN (+0,28%)
- Zscaler $ZS (-5,24%)
- Okta $OKTA (-3,76%)
- Cloudflare $NET (-2,74%)
- Fortinet $FTNT (-7,23%)
- Cisco Systems $CSCO (+0,94%)
- Palo Alto Networks $PANW (-2,49%)
- Akamai Technologies $AKAM (+3%)
- BlackBerry $BB (-2,19%)
- NetScout Systems $NTCT (-2,25%)
- CommVault Systems $CVLT (+0,31%)
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
