It seemed most of the initial attacks were done in "more advanced ways", rather than using alts, at least that was my hunch, and was what I stated in my first post in this thread.
The dramatic attention the issue started receiving got some people thinking, and they used Ecko's, view alts. thing on his site to steal heirlooms, etc.
As an added security question, why does the change password option not require you to enter your initial password?