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 (-4,55%)
- Palantir Tech $PLTR (-1,48%)
- Check Point Software Technologies $CHKP (-4,12%)
- Crowdstrike $CRWD (-2,43%)
- VeriSign $VRSN (-3,21%)
- Zscaler $ZS (-1,07%)
- Okta $OKTA (-3,66%)
- Cloudflare $NET (-1,72%)
- Fortinet $FTNT (-4,05%)
- Cisco Systems $CSCO (-4,07%)
- Palo Alto Networks $PANW (-1,4%)
- Akamai Technologies $AKAM (-3,88%)
- BlackBerry $BB (-4,05%)
- NetScout Systems $NTCT (-5,04%)
- CommVault Systems $CVLT (-5,23%)
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
