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 (+0,75%)
- Check Point Software Technologies $CHKP (+1,31%)
- Crowdstrike $CRWD (-1,35%)
- VeriSign $VRSN (+1,45%)
- Zscaler $ZS (+0,57%)
- Okta $OKTA (-2,41%)
- Cloudflare $NET (-2,35%)
- Fortinet $FTNT (-1,7%)
- Cisco Systems $CSCO (+4,24%)
- Palo Alto Networks $PANW (-2,61%)
- Akamai Technologies $AKAM (-1,12%)
- BlackBerry $BB (+1,85%)
- NetScout Systems $NTCT (+1,74%)
- CommVault Systems $CVLT (-1,04%)
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
