I do agree with this quote from the article: "it is in the interest of the conference and contest organizers, and the participating researchers, to get publicit

I do agree with this quote from the article: "it is in the interest of the conference and contest organizers, and the participating researchers, to get publicity for their findings - and journalists, who do not necessarily have a holistic view of the day-to-day browser security research, embrace such high-profile developments with disproportionate enthusiasm." I always hate reading reports from Pwn2Own every year - "browser y was exploited in less than x seconds!!11!" As the article points out, not only is this very misleading (you might say downright false), this kind of sensationalist journalism trickles down and misinforms the general public about the state of browser security.