I'd like to think that this was some sort of nefarious action from an old-guard finance company who was threatened by Bitcoin enough to resort to the enlistment

I'd like to think that this was some sort of nefarious action from an old-guard finance company who was threatened by Bitcoin enough to resort to the enlistment of some hackers. In reality, this was plain amateur security practice, and if this sort of sloppiness continues, the bitcoin brand will be trampled so badly it will never get off the ground.