The “Berlin” hack, although quite prominent, is just a single event in a continuous
stream of attacks by different groups against all kinds of targets — banks, schools, hospitals, cities, …
https://www.ransomlook.io/recent
This is a real industry, moving huge amounts of money.
And no – BTC (Bitcoin) is not the problem.
With Bitcoin, every transaction is recorded on the blockchain, which makes it possible to “follow the money”.
By paying in FIAT (like Dollar, Euro..) those traces can be much harder to follow.
