While this is something which is horrible to see, I do think that these hacks and scams are highlighted a lot more by the media (and normal people) because they're happening in crypto. I think that if this was to happen to someone with their normal FIAT, they wouldn't be hitting the news-- because it happens so much no one would even bat an eye or care about the problem.
It really does give us a bad name like this, hoping for this to end.
In a way you are right all of these incidents are highlighted by the media because they know this will bring viewers and clicks to their websites, however we cannot deny the truth that the existence of digital money has made for hackers and for thieves in general their lives a lot more easier, now they can steal fortunes from the comforts of their own homes and the risk of getting detected are very low, credit card fraud is rampant right now and I am not very sure that this is going to go down if bitcoin is accepted worldwide in fact I think the problem will go up because now the security will depend on your average person.