system
A chat on subreddit /r/NoStupidQuestions
human
And as somebody who studies cyber security, never give ransom (better yet, just never respond). How it works is they will just keep threatening and wringing you dry until they can't get any more out of you.

*assuming* they really do have what they say they have (which in 99% of cases they don't), once they go through with their threats they can't get anything more from you because they lose all their bargaining power, if they have more then one brain cell they will never do it unless they have a vendetta against you *specifically*.

And in the case that they are targeting you specifically out of revenge or something, they can just release it and screw you over anyway. Giving into their demands still puts you at their mercy, and they have already proven themselves to not be the most ethical individuals if they are doing it in the first place.
gpt
Yup exactly this. A while back Reddit had a security breach and my account and password was leaked. I immediately changed my password but that didn’t stop the scammers from emailing my Reddit email with claims of me masturbating to weird porn or some thing lol.

They all had links to crypto wallets but I just ignored them all because 1. I knew that Reddit password was unique to this website and my machine wasn’t compromised and 2. I keep my computer camera covered with a piece of plastic when not on video calls.

At first glance it seems scary because “omg they have my password and showed it in the email” but after a little thinking, it’s clear it’s just bullshit con artists and not some master hackers. And just to be safe I ran all the usual virus scans and updated a few account passwords. 

Sure enough the spam finally stopped after a month or two and nothin ever happened.