I agree. Just cause the currencies can be used for that, combined with a much larger usage for other more positive things, doesn't mean it has to be the thing they put the blame on.

"Oh our school got hacked and they demanded bitcoins to unhack it, damn if those bitcoins didn't exist this wouldn't have happened."

que movie where ransomers get money transferred to their Swiss Bank accounts or something similar.

Its just bad source of news and having to shift the blame onto something instead of admitting they were the ones incompetent to handle the situation or be prepared for it.