Now the media will go crying all day about how Bitcoin is being used for such bad, illegal activities. Though it is weird to me why asking for only $300 in Bitcoin seems way too small for such attacks on 'important companies and institutions.' These companies still hold responsibility for their own security.
It is a good point you made here ,it is extremely ""small potatoes" for s stunt so HUGE. It's baffling that nobody is scrutinizing the gentleman who they say is the hero who discovered the fix. I will explore that in a soon coming update
I don't know how the hackers are targeting these systems, but could it be that they're asking for $300 worth of Bitcoin for
each computer affected on the network?
And this is exactly why Apple never wanted to provide a backdoor to the NSA for the San Bernardino attacks. The NSA created one anyways (
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/mar/28/apple-fbi-case-dropped-san-bernardino-iphone). How naive must an agency be if they truly believe that there are not experts out there that know systems better than them.
I don't think this will become a hit against cryptocurrency. The media is not nearly knowledgeable about cryptos enough to build an attack against it or sensationalize it.