Do you think there is a way out of this vicious circle between good and bad? Or will it just continue on spiralling out of control? Can anything be actually done? In the UK, there's a high demand for cyber security specialists so the government have pushed out degree apprenticeships for young people as there's also a massive age imbalance as only 7% of cyber security specialists are under 29. What I like about this scheme you can learn they key skills required, get paid on the job and obtain a degree without having no debt. It's something I'm incredibly interested in too.
Of course a prescient career choice. Just a FYI... if you are the "real deal" and can obtain a UK or US security clearance - which absolutely ain't no joke to qualify for - straight out of high-school\A-Level you can earn 100,000 BP working for NSA or GCHQ. If you are REALLY the "real deal" they might take you on as a minor...
We are still in the early stage of the cyberwar. Another closely related field is forensic accounting - those are the guys that work with the IT security specialists and police to trace the money and collect evidence.
Things are not going to change until after the first global, billion-pound whopper or a war - whichever comes first. And I wouldn't count on any changes that emanate from either scenario in stemming the tide.
Eventually - years hence - you will need a license or some kind of government registration and all that sort of rubbish to purchase a digital device, software, etc.
All I see in the future is more and more crazy legislation, government regulation, life sentences, death penalties, etc - more and more draconian - to combat the unbeatable... it's just like the war on drugs.
Governments can essentially take a 98 % bite out of drugs - but they would have to destroy untold millions of lives within a short period of time in the process = unacceptable. Plus, the drug trade would eventually re-bound and governments would find themselves right back where they started.