> Only the US and China are on the field Is this really the case? Most of what I see in US news is how yet another adolescent or teenage hacker was caught and

> Only the US and China are on the field Is this really the case? Most of what I see in US news is how yet another adolescent or teenage hacker was caught and faced stiff penalties and consequences, far out of balance to what the hacker actually did to make an example of him. If there's a thriving cybersecurity scene in the US, I'd say it's largely due to the private sector and not anything the US government or any of its institutions (on a federal or state or local level) have done to encourage exploration into hacking. Which is unfortunate, because it's increasingly an important topic in the modern environment.