Lest you think there are no criminal possiblities
"Nice factory you got here. Be a shame if one of those 'bots was to go crazy and start wacking people with some of the metal it's supposed to be working on. What you need is some sort of protection against that happening..."
Not just violent pranksters looking to cause trouble.
Legal note.
This is extortion, not blackmail. Extortion is where you threaten to do (or not do) something to someone directly. Blackmail is where you threaten to reveal (or not) something to a third party.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
