If they wanted to get as much money as possible without being caught what else could they have done?
If that was the case they could only deal with bitcoin. Blackmailing with bitcoin may be smarter but maybe they figured that would be investigated more or treated more harshly? They could have released fake financial tweets and shorted the market - but that still would be investigated much faster.
I'm sure the 100k or whatever they got isn't as much as it could be - but for a random dude who paid 10k to a disgruntled employee it is pretty good.
If that was the case they could only deal with bitcoin. Blackmailing with bitcoin may be smarter but maybe they figured that would be investigated more or treated more harshly? They could have released fake financial tweets and shorted the market - but that still would be investigated much faster.
I'm sure the 100k or whatever they got isn't as much as it could be - but for a random dude who paid 10k to a disgruntled employee it is pretty good.