Hacked iPad - security question

Someone hacked into my PayPal account and then got into my "verified" bank account taking out $2000 to but a MBP. PayPal will not (at this point) honor their security guarantee, won't give me information regarding the hack and all they said to me was "it was a tablet from your IP address. Call your provider and ask them to change your IP address" -- My IP address is dynamic -- it's changing all the time from the little I know.
How can someone get into my iPad when it does not leave my sight? It is pass code protected (changed again after the incident).
Also and maybe unrelated, someone has been remotely logging into my iMac. I caught them. shut down the WiFi - the only connection to the internet is WiFi via Apple router and airport extreme - change those pass codes as well after catching the intruder in the act. Apparently they have been "watching" me with my camera on at random times during the day.
Can these be related?
Did I resolve the issue by changing all my related passwords?
Any thoughts are appreciated - Thank you.

Sorry if you've already said this - I couldn't find it in the posts - can you be more specific about how the remote login had been set up?
It sounds like (although this is a guess) you had Screen Sharing turned on in System Preferences; your Mac had a fixed local IP address; your router had port-forwarding configured to send remote traffic on a sharing port (possibly 5900, which is the default port for the VNC service); and then you had a dynamic IP service set up to translate your dynamic IP address into a fixed domain name such as myremotemac.dyn.org.
This is a fairly common setup, but has a couple of problems. Port 5900, because it's so well-known, is something that a hacker from outside would scan your router for, and in your case, find an open tunnel to your Mac. They would then only need your Mac's login password (which may have been guessable) to control your computer. It also doesn't involve any encryption of traffic.
It's worth checking your router configuration to see if there's a port forwarding rule still there. You may want to disable it until you've found a more secure login solution.
iCloud includes "Back to My Mac" which doesn't require a fixed tunnel, instead using a feature called uPnP (or, if you have an Airport router, NAT-PMP) to dynamically get access to the local network. It relies on your iCloud login. All traffic is also encrypted.
http://www.apple.com/support/icloud/back-to-my-mac/
It might be worth checking out to see if it works for you.
Matt

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