Well this is just like a good excuse for all those bitcoin haters around the world who want to show others how bad is bitcoin, you know, bitcoin now brings viruses etc etc ... believe me, uninformed people is the first thing that will think .
In the other hand, the "good news" is that maybe soon we will have our home appliances working on mining bitcoins xD
Now I'm getting paranoid to open up my Samsung Smart TV because of this news.
Seriously though, these hackers/malwares/trojans are really evolving and keeping one step ahead on us as far as making money out of us (unsuspecting victims). And I just this will be another entry point to attack cryptos, just like you said. I think I have to take every precautions moving forward.
Well most of these devices run some kind of Android Operating Systems, so it is easy to port these Malware to run on these
devices and Android Operating Systems are the most popular target for these hackers. You can install Antivirus software onto
most Android based TV boxes. {mobile versions} .... Just make sure you stop them on your network too. {other devices linked
to your network}
I will try to look at this issues and see how can I install anti-virus to this Smart TV otherwise, I will just throw this out of the window for good measures.
all precautions are not enough, they are getting smarter xD 
