This and similar contests contain hard lessons about the bug density of critical US software and the effectiveness of the PRC's effort to create a homegrown public-private offensive capability. These lessons need to be deeply considered by the reconstituted Biden NSC cyber team. https://twitter.com/campuscodi/status/1325474481083715584

While good people at NSA/CYBERCOM and CISA are certainly paying attention, the lack of a national strategy that takes into account the reality of our situation is glaring. We've lost four years while the PRC has built an incredible (and paradoxically capitalist) ecosystem.

In pithier terms: Chinese researchers are burning full-patched iOS 0-day for $180k while our Supreme Court is considering whether security research should remain legal in the US.