Yes, there is ransomware designed for smart TVs now.
And it's funny that this topic was mentioned. I was thinking about this the other day on how could I infect programmable mods to do the unthinkable as soon as the person pressed the fire button. One of my jobs when I was active duty was security (including anti-terrorism). It was fun dreaming up ways to create mayhem, and then draft/implement procedures to mitigate those threats.
In the case of programmable mods, depending on what the chipset controlled, I don't think it would be too much of a stretch to design malware to cause the mod to go "thermal" at the press of the fire button. And as most vapers are trusting of other vapers, one could easily go around posting a file that some would install in a heart beat. Hell, if I wanted to go whole hog, I'd break into the manufacturer's system and plant the infected file there for maximum effect.
Something to think about when you're eyeing that new shiny.
Funny you should mention this. I am currently reading a book (actually I think it is #13) my brother wrote called "SyberKombat". The main characters are gaming programmers who are kind of vigilantes. Without going into character details, the main story line in this one is some men who write a Cloud based computer game, SyberKombat, which, when downloaded, installs an invisible DLL code packet that turns the computer into a bot on a big cyber network. When someone plays the game and they want to, for instance, blow up a train, it happens in real life. Very simple description, but hopefully you get the idea. Power plants, defense systems, all vital computerized systems with internet access to the Cloud are vulnerable.
Thing is, it's based on fact. So many computer security networks are so vulnerable to a skilled hacker it's almost scary. This book is pure fiction, but ya never know.