If Apple does not pay these guys several hundred thousand dollars per person, they just recruited the worlds best hackers to work against them. Pay them, and the situation is reversed. Now we see how smart Apple really is.
World's best hacking team? That's highly unlikely. If they were wise though, they saved a few to sell to CIA/NSA/FBI who may be contacting them soon for said exploits thanks to articles like these. I doubt they showed the best cards in their magic deck.