>I wonder to what extent that is still the case. It is. The university in my area has a famous master's program for cybersecurity and many grads there know rev

>I wonder to what extent that is still the case. It is. The university in my area has a famous master's program for cybersecurity and many grads there know reverse engineering to a degree. And there a re many such universities in Europe, plus all the Eastern European gray beards who work in the industry since they cut their teeth breaking DRM to pirate games in their youth. I personally know at least 5 people who can do this work professionally at a consulting company.