# Iranian cyberattacks hit medical device supply chains, the Pentagon orders 3,000 Skydio drones in 72 hours, a blood-filtering fraud earns federal charges, and plug-in hybrid owners almost never plug in.

- Show: [Go/No-Go](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/go-no-go)
- Published: 2026-04-02
- Length: 34m
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/go-no-go/2026-04-02-iranian-cyberattacks-hit-medical-device-supply-chains-the-pentagon-orders-3-000
- Listen: https://rss.com/podcasts/go-no-go/2681422

## Summary

John Brunner and Alex Howe discuss Cargill's 'Carve' machine vision system, which uses AI to guide human workers in meat processing to recover $200 million in beef annually, and Stryker's recovery from an Iran-linked cyberattack that wiped 200,000 devices and disrupted hospital shipments. They cover the Pentagon's rapid $52 million order for 3,000 Skydio X10D drones, produced in California, and the criminal charges against ExThera Medical's former chief regulatory officer for concealing patient deaths related to an unapproved cancer treatment. The episode also examines plug-in hybrid inefficiency, Rivian's robotaxi deal with Uber, the Insulet OmniPod 5 recall, and the repairability of the MacBook Neo.

## Chapters

- [0:00](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/go-no-go/2026-04-02-iranian-cyberattacks-hit-medical-device-supply-chains-the-pentagon-orders-3-000#t=0) Introduction and Cargill's Carve AI System
- [4:06](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/go-no-go/2026-04-02-iranian-cyberattacks-hit-medical-device-supply-chains-the-pentagon-orders-3-000#t=246) Stryker Cyberattack and Medical Device Disruption
- [8:25](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/go-no-go/2026-04-02-iranian-cyberattacks-hit-medical-device-supply-chains-the-pentagon-orders-3-000#t=505) California Gas Prices and Plug-in Hybrid Inefficiency
- [14:57](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/go-no-go/2026-04-02-iranian-cyberattacks-hit-medical-device-supply-chains-the-pentagon-orders-3-000#t=897) Skydio Drone Order and Rivian Robotaxi Deal
- [19:46](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/go-no-go/2026-04-02-iranian-cyberattacks-hit-medical-device-supply-chains-the-pentagon-orders-3-000#t=1186) Insulet OmniPod 5 Recall and ExThera Medical Fraud
- [30:05](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/go-no-go/2026-04-02-iranian-cyberattacks-hit-medical-device-supply-chains-the-pentagon-orders-3-000#t=1805) MacBook Neo Teardown and Repairability

## Topics

- [AI & machine learning](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/ai-and-machine-learning)
- [Security & privacy](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/security-and-privacy)
- [Scaling production](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/scaling-production)
- [Medical & health devices](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/medical-devices)
- [Industrial & consumer product design](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/industrial-design)
- [Pricing, margins & unit economics](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/pricing-and-unit-economics)

## Most relevant to

large enterprises

## Mentioned

- Cargill (company)
- Carve (product)
- Stryker (company)
- Handala (other)
- Skydio (company)
- X10D (product)
- Rivian (company)
- Uber (company)
- Insulet (company)
- OmniPod 5 (product)
- ExThera Medical (company)
- Apple (company)
- MacBook Neo (product)
- iFixit (company)

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