I had my computer hacked back in June and they demanded 1.2
BTC for ransom. Although I know how to send BTC and I have some BTC (not greater than that 'huge' amount) back than, I don't pay them and I had Googled the solution for the ransomware. Luckily there's a decrypter available online and we had successfully decrypted our files for free. My mom's friend also had her computer hacked in August, and also demanded Bitcoin ransom, but their technical knowledge is not that high (and don't even know how to get bitcoin) so they have to format their hard disk...
This is a bad publicity for bitcoin. Because they use bitcoin as their bridge from their crimes. This is not.a joke since bitcoin is at stake at this situation. I think it will be unstoppable. And they will put the blame to bitcoin.
Agreed... After our computer was hacked for ransom paid in Bitcoin my family had lost all confidence in it (they had only little confidence in Bitcoin even before that)... I'm the only member of my family that is get involved in bitcoin (and altcoins)...
Is very bad news to hear and offering our sympathies for you. My father never want to use phone that is more advance than SMS phone only, since he hears from friends they have their phone being hacked (even I think is not true as the friends just lose passwords or play with settings to spoil it). Wish you luck and be more careful for visiting unknown sites.