US and allied export controls are failing to stop critical microelectronics from reaching sanctioned adversaries like Russia and Iran. Weak supply chain oversight, inconsistent due diligence, and industry resistance to stricter controls have enabled a global gray market for these components, undermining national security and costing American lives.

This paper analyzes the widespread availability of US components used in Russian unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), and specifically:

• documents the methodology used to track critical components and their
  distribution channels;

• presents four detailed findings that reveal significant vulnerabilities in the semiconductor supply chain and distribution networks; and

• offers five practical recommendations for government and industry to help disrupt the flow of US technology to adversary states.

Tom Lyons, co-founder of 2430 Group, asserts in the Wall Street Journal that too many U.S. companies have meekly accepted a general subjugation to the Communist Party’s new order.

2430 Group Director Glenn Chafetz contends that the true value of Chinese IP theft from the US private sector every year is not $225-$600 billion, but north of $5.7 trillion, because the lower numbers ignore undetected and unreported thefts. Furthermore, by incorrectly relying on the faulty lower numbers, US managers grossly misconceive their risk and thus fail to take action to secure market share, higher revenues, and profits. Taking these actions is not just good counterintelligence; it's smart business.

2430 Group visualizes Iran’s centers of elite power and how different players utilize different media operations to further their own agendas.

China is increasingly its espionage and infiltration techniques against the US in the lead up to the November 2024 election. 2430 Group summarizes some of the CCP’s most prominent techniques.