Your thread title is also as misleading as what we see on news sites: "Hackers claim $2 million in bitcoin" is different from hackers demanding $2 million in bitcoin.
I notice that too.
The fact that Bitcoin is the major request that hackers demand is still surprising, I would have love to ask why but who will I ask? You and I are just here discussing and non of is the hacker so nobody would be able to answer that question.
The way bloggers and news sites releases news concerning Bitcoin makes it sound as if Bitcoin was the crime itself instead of the actual scenario. Rhysiada hackers got of Insomniac and demands Bitcoin as payment if it was just $2 million dollar cash that was requested it would have not sound so big but since it's Bitcoin the media will take it so serious like Bitcoin was the crime.
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Why is it always bitcoin? [/quote] Like I have said before, if you ask me or OP or any other person who would answer the question? Non of us here is in the Rhysiada group how can we answer what we don't know.