Seems the media has another trick to discourage people from buying into the idea of engaging themselves in the new currency. Read about the Venezuelan incident that resulted to a dead citizen after his family couldn't afford the ransom meant to release him. It also got to my attention of studies showing that there has been an increase in crime rate as the popular cryptocurency (Bitcoin) gained more popularity in the country.
How does this is badly related to bitcoin or crypto ? If the family could not afford to pay the ransom, in bitcoin or in fiat, the result would have been same.
Media is wrongly projecting that if you have bitcoin, you are subjected to ransomware attack which is again misleading.
In order to save yourself from ransomware attack is to properly setup the security of your system so that your system is not compromised. This is the teaching which should have been floating on social media.