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🔍 What's inside this episode Threat concerns this week: Business travel weather disruptions cost US firms $17 billion annually. AWS's fifteen-hour outage locks fans out of playoff baseball. And 5 quick fire stories on Microsoft's second outage and crisis management costs. In this week's risk update: weather chaos forces companies to rethink duty-of-care as 50% of US business travelers face disrup...

🔍 What's inside this episode In this week's risk update: researchers expose how half the world's satellite communications broadcast unencrypted—intercepted with $800 of basic equipment, the pharmaceutical industry faces a perfect storm of supply chain fragility and regulatory upheaval threatening patient access to critical medicines, and five other emerging threats including Japan's ransomware-cr...

Sonali Chandratilake, a seasoned crisis management expert and Emergency Management & Business Continuity Manager at the University of Canterbury , shares insights from 15+ years on the front lines of NZ's major crises (Canterbury Earthquakes, Christchurch Mosque Attack, COVID-19). Her unique perspective combines professional roles with personal advocacy (Cleft New Zealand). Discover her pragmatic...

🔍 What's inside this episode In this week's risk update: three climate disasters kill over 100 people in 14 days exposing compound environmental risks, U.S. tariffs trigger economic upheaval across Southeast Asia threatening entire export sectors, and five other emerging threats including Google's disruption of the SEO industry and warnings of a historic AI bubble. 🧠 Main Threats Covered 1. Asia...

This week on Unbreakable Ventures, we welcome Sandeep Sharma who joins us to share his experiences and advice from his debut book, Good on you Mate! Good on You, Mate! follows Sandeep’s journey from Mumbai to Christchurch as an international student. It's part memoir, part practical guide for anyone considering studying abroad. And where one might think this as a purely academic read, the advice o...

🔍 What's inside this episode In this week's risk update: a cyberattack on shared airport systems exposes the hidden costs of efficiency, Russian military aircraft systematically test NATO's eastern defences, and five other emerging threats including AI surveillance glasses and Thailand's banking crisis. 🧠 Main Threats Covered 1. Collins Aerospace Cyberattack A single software platform failure br...

What's inside this episode A chemical spill at a battery plant becomes the sixth major incident in ten years, while New Zealand's economic ranking plummets to near the bottom of developed nations, plus five emerging threats including the largest cyber attack ever recorded. Main Threats Covered 1. Chemical Crisis A solvent spill at LG Energy Solutions' Michigan facility hospitalizes fifteen workers...

What's inside this episode In this week's risk update: shared AI conversations creating permanent shadow data trails that organisations can't control, Australia's first potato virus detection threatening national food security, and five other emerging threats we're watching closely. Main Threats Covered 1. Shared LLM Conversations Permanently Archived OpenAI removed 50,000 ChatGPT conversation lin...

Unbreakable Ventures Fortnightly Risk Update — August 11, 2025 🔍 What's inside this episode In this week's risk update: New Zealand's emergency alert system loses public trust during a real tsunami threat, AI disruption forces investors to flee traditional service industries, and five other emerging threats challenging business resilience worldwide. 🧠 Main Threats Covered 1. Alert Fatigue Crisis...

Summary In this conversation, Ollie Law and Martin Petts discuss the evolving landscape of resilience technology and business continuity across different regions, particularly focusing on the cultural differences in understanding and implementing these practices. They explore the role of international companies in shaping local markets, the trends in emergency management solutions, and the impact...

This Week's Major Threats 🌊 Russia's 8.8 Magnitude Earthquake One of the strongest quakes ever recorded Pacific-wide tsunami warnings from Japan to Chile 2+ million evacuated, airlines grounded Key lesson: Test your business continuity against real worst-case scenarios 🔒 US Nuclear Agency Hacked Chinese state groups exploited Microsoft SharePoint zero-day National Nuclear Security Administration...

🧠 Main Threats Covered 1. US Nuclear Weapons Agency Breached Chinese state-sponsored hackers breached the U.S. National Nuclear Security Administration using Microsoft SharePoint zero-day vulnerabilities known as "ToolShell." 2. AI Errors Infiltrate Court System First known judicial ruling based on AI-generated fake legal cases occurred in Georgia divorce dispute, with trial judge issuing order c...

UV July 14 Update Unpacked - Show Notes Join Brad and Ollie for an informal deep dive into this week's major threats: America's medical student loan crisis and ANZ's dangerous cyber confidence gap. Episode Overview A 30-minute conversational analysis between Unbreakable Ventures senior advisors exploring real-world implications, case studies, and additional insights from our July 14 fortnightly up...

Threat concerns this week: Medical staff crisis set for 2037. Leaders too optimistic about their cyber recovery. Plus 5 quick snippets. Main Story 1: U.S. Medical Student Loan Crisis Medical students fret over the new student loan cap in the 'big, beautiful bill' | July 9, 2025 | NBC News Federal student-loan changes would worsen physician shortage | June 3, 2025 | American Medical Association Doc...

This past weekend, New Zealand's Nelson-Tasman region got absolutely hammered by flooding, while Air India Flight 171's crash continues to expose dangerous cracks in our global aviation system. From insurance markets collapsing to aircraft fleets grounded by parts shortages, we examine how critical infrastructure failures create cascading risks for businesses worldwide. Episode Highlights Nelson-T...

🎙️ Fortnightly Risk Update – June 16, 2025 ☕ Pour a cup and unpack this week's biggest disruptions: Economic: One bad apple spoils the supply chain. China's rare earth licensing crisis shuts down Ford's Chicago plant and Suzuki production. 90% of global processing capacity now requires government approval, exposing dangerous "just-in-time" vulnerabilities. Technological: Apple exposes the illusio...

🎙️ Fortnightly Risk Update – May 20–June 2, 2025 ☕ Pour a cup and unpack this fortnight’s biggest disruptions: Technological: It’s not just food. It’s a $400m cyber breach. M&S suffers a crippling ransomware attack by Scattered Spider, halting online operations and exposing customer data. Recovery expected to stretch into July. Environmental: Toxic bloom suffocates South Australia’s coast. A rare...

🎙️ Fortnightly Risk Update – May 5–19, 2025 ☕ Grab a brew and catch the top 3 emerging threats: 1. Economic: Could the U.S. Tank the Global Economy? Debt ceiling brinkmanship is back. A U.S. default would devalue the dollar, rattle markets, and disrupt global trade. Run scenario tests and monitor U.S. budget talks through Q3. 2. Economic: NZ’s Open Banking Model Could Kill Innovation Proposed API...

🎧 Episode Notes (April 21 – May 5, 2025) 1. Societal & Economic Spain & Portugal blackout : A cascading grid failure—not cyber or terrorism—cut power to millions.🔗 Sources: EuroNews Reuters Capacity Media Yahoo News 2. Geopolitical Albanese re-elected in surprise win : Reflects rising global dissatisfaction with establishment politics.🔗 Sources: 1News WSJ Opinion Wall Street Journal 3. Technolo...

Hello 👋 get a brew on because these are the top 3 emerging risks between April 7th and April 21st, 2025… Review our report’s terminology here ↗ 1. Geopolitical & Economic: China’s mineral grip tightens on global supply chains. China controls 70% of rare earth mining and 85% of processing globally. With new export restrictions in place, they’re signalling that minerals essential to EVs, wind turbi...

Hello 👋 get a brew on because these are the top 3 emerging risks between March 24th, and April 7th, 2025… Review our report’s terminology here ↗ Our main risk this fortnight is… 1. Technological: Oracle’s biggest breach they don’t want you to know about. * A hacker named Rose87168 claims to have breached Oracle’s identity platform, stealing over 6 million customer records including SSO credential...

Summary In this conversation, Ollie and Brad Law discuss the rising measles outbreak, drawing parallels to lessons learned from COVID-19. They emphasise the importance of pandemic planning, vaccination awareness, and the need for businesses to prepare for multiple disruptions. The discussion also covers the evolving nature of work-from-home strategies and the necessity of integrating infectious di...

Hello 👋 get a brew on because these are the top 3 emerging risks between March 10th and 24th, 2025… Review our report’s terminology here ↗ Our main risk this fortnight is… 1. Economic: The Deteriorating Landscape of Commercial Real Estate Growing stress in commercial real estate debt markets outside major financial news cycles: Regional banks and smaller lenders are increasingly exposed to defaul...

Hello 👋 get a brew on because these are the top 3 emerging risks between February 24th, and March 10th, 2025… * Economic | At the crossroads of global commerce and geopolitical tension, a new narrative of international trade anxiety unfolds before us. The US administration has cast a wide net of tariffs across products from Mexico, Canada, and China, an action that reverberates through all sector...