I'm sure nobody would think of targeting the national security apparatus of the USG with such an exploit to gain access to... I dunno, their Signal messages?
Our adversaries don't have to hack anything at all, they don't even seem to have to ask nicely. There's zero chance that Putin doesn't let China know anything they want about the Trump admin, and Putin himself seems to get to dictate our country's policy now.
This has been the case among republicans for decades, and Mitch McConnell himself (and 6 others) spent the 4th of July 2018 in Moscow for christ's sake.
My experience with software procured by the government is that it's not winning any awards for best software.