Leenia said
> In 2005, some Mudcatter who I knew and respected said that most of these seeming-brilliant hacker attacks are actually the work of an employee at the institution, one who has access to inside knowledge. I think that makes a lot of sense. <

A friend of mine had some strange transactions appearing on her PayPal account. I don't remember the details, but I do remember that she eventually was able to speak to someone there who stated categorically that her account couldn't have been hacked from outside. She replied "So you're telling me it was an inside job?" and the PayPal person refused to comment further.

Richard