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 (-0,27%)
- Palantir Tech $PLTR (-2,21%)
- Check Point Software Technologies $CHKP (-0,21%)
- Crowdstrike $CRWD (-1,1%)
- VeriSign $VRSN (+0,41%)
- Zscaler $ZS (+0,06%)
- Okta $OKTA (+0,73%)
- Cloudflare $NET (-2,33%)
- Fortinet $FTNT (-1,59%)
- Cisco Systems $CSCO (-0,29%)
- Palo Alto Networks $PANW (-1,67%)
- Akamai Technologies $AKAM (+0,8%)
- BlackBerry $BB (+1,14%)
- NetScout Systems $NTCT (-0,42%)
- CommVault Systems $CVLT (-0,69%)
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