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 (+0,08%)
- Palantir Tech $PLTR (-0,5%)
- Check Point Software Technologies $CHKP (-0,12%)
- Crowdstrike $CRWD (+0,24%)
- VeriSign $VRSN (-0,16%)
- Zscaler $ZS (+0,54%)
- Okta $OKTA (+0,01%)
- Cloudflare $NET (-0,09%)
- Fortinet $FTNT (-0,28%)
- Cisco Systems $CSCO (+0,03%)
- Palo Alto Networks $PANW (+0,27%)
- Akamai Technologies $AKAM (+0%)
- BlackBerry $BB (+1,11%)
- NetScout Systems $NTCT (-0,13%)
- CommVault Systems $CVLT (-0,35%)
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
