A new wave of sextortion emails purporting to have originated from a group of hackers called ChaosCC has caught the attention of the security world. As of this writing, this address has received a total of more or less 2,500 USD worth of Bitcoins. With a number of creative ways to wring money out of Internet users, the high potential of a hefty payout, and many helping hands from professional criminals, we shouldnt expect online sextort scams to stop (permanently) any time soon.”]
Source: https://blog.malwarebytes.com/scams/2019/08/the-lucrative-business-of-bitcoin-sextortion-scams/