The Dynamo Show: a Dynamo Ventures Podcast Predicting Tomorrow’s Supply Chain Disasters—Today with Dr. Andrea Limbago of interos.ai
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Oct 1, 2025 Dr. Andrea Limbago, SVP of Applied AI at Interos.ai, brings a wealth of experience blending AI, cybersecurity, and geopolitics. She discusses the alarming rise in supply chain disruptions stemming from geopolitical tensions and emphasizes the critical need for multi-source suppliers. Andrea highlights the importance of real-time risk detection and continuous verification of suppliers to build resilience. With her insights on vulnerability hotspots like ports and the necessity for simulation exercises, she outlines strategies for organizations to enhance their preparedness against emerging threats.
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Pager Attack As A Turning Point
- Andrea described the Hezbollah pager attack as a turning point in supply chain warfare with embedded explosives in pagers.
- She warned the incident opened Pandora's box and shifted norms around weaponizing supply chains.
Diverse Real-World Supply Chain Attacks
- Andrea recounted the SaltTyphoon compromise of major U.S. telecoms where customers, not providers, were the real targets.
- She contrasted that with a Russian front-company logistics operation used to move drones thousands of miles for attacks.
State Actors Elevate Supply Chain Risk
- State-level resources produced the complex recent supply chain attacks, making copycats possible but costly.
- These events elevated supply chain weaponization into a persistent strategic risk, not a one-off worry.
