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 (-0,06%)
- Palantir Tech $PLTR (+0,12%)
- Check Point Software Technologies $CHKP (-0,15%)
- Crowdstrike $CRWD (+0,05%)
- VeriSign $VRSN (+0,1%)
- Zscaler $ZS (+0,06%)
- Okta $OKTA (-0,64%)
- Cloudflare $NET (+0,54%)
- Fortinet $FTNT (-0,26%)
- Cisco Systems $CSCO (+0,17%)
- Palo Alto Networks $PANW (+0,45%)
- Akamai Technologies $AKAM (-0,05%)
- BlackBerry $BB (-0,75%)
- NetScout Systems $NTCT (-0,21%)
- CommVault Systems $CVLT (+0%)
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
