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EPISODE · May 20, 2026 · 18 MIN

Breaking Point | Risk Updates for Weeks of 6 May - 20 May '26

from Unbreakable Ventures · host Ollie Law, Umaima Farhan, Brad Law, Martin Petts, and Niral Bhagat

🎙️ Unbreakable Ventures Fortnightly Risk Update — 20 May 2026The age of managing one crisis at a time is officially over, and nation-states are now turning ransomware into a weapon against private business. This fortnight: why resilience must be built for permanent turbulence, and how the line between espionage and cybercrime has dissolved.🧠 Main Threats Covered1. Building Systems for Continuous Disruption Supply chain shocks no longer arrive one at a time. Disruptions now emerge as continuous, concurrent, and cascading pressures, overwhelming traditional crisis response models.2. State-Backed Ransomware Threatens Private Enterprise State-sponsored ransomware operations are escalating against operational technology and critical infrastructure, with the line between espionage, sabotage, and financially motivated cybercrime effectively dissolved.⚡ Quick-Fire Threats1 - Asia's Tech Boom Masks Deeper Oil Crisis Vulnerability 2 - Malaysia Warns of Silent Supply Chain Shockwaves 3 - US-China Rare Earth Deal Delivers Limited Relief 4 - Tariff Uncertainty Set to Intensify for Agricultural Exporters 5 - Political Risk Shifts From War Zones to Contested Systems📚 SourcesMain Story 1: To Prepare for Supply Chain Shocks, Focus on Systems of Disruption | ASPI The Strategist | May 2026 Global Risks Report 2025 | World Economic Forum | January 2025Main Story 2: State-Backed Ransomware Activity Raises New Concerns Over Escalating Threats to OT Critical Infrastructure Operations | Industrial Cyber | May 2026 Change Healthcare Cyberattack Exposes Data of Over 100 Million People | TechCrunch | October 2024🔗 Links 👉 Read the full episode article 🎧 Subscribe to the podcast 🧠 About Fixinc 🤝 Meet our sponsor, F24 This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.unbreakableventures.com

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