The 2020 ESC competition focuses on the security of Internet of Things (IoT), which are embedded devices with network connectivity. IoT devices are part of most modern smart infrastructures with an estimate of over 20 billion IoT devices connected today. ESC 2020 will task contestants with hacking the firmware of a WiFi access point running on a RISC-V IoT platform using open-source reverse engineering tools. This competition is open exclusively for academic teams of up to 4 people with a faculty advisor.