I don't have a PayPal account for this very reason. My account had been broken into on THREE different occassions. There security is TERRIBLE to say the least. My mom has one and has had one for a short while now and *crossing fingers for her* she hasn't had any issues w/ it. That's how I purchase all the wonderful things I do off of some of the people here on YT!
In any case, I won't be doing PayPal again myself. It's not worth the hassle. I'll just use someone else's account and deposit the money into their account(s).