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Hackers Stole $172 Billion From People Last Year (symantec.com)
Yearly report published by security firm Norton estimates that as many as 978 million people in 20 countries lost money to cybercrime last year. On an average, the firm says, victims lost an average of $142 and spent nearly 24 hours dealing with the fallout of their attack.
Nearly one in four believe stealing information online is not as bad as stealing property in ‘real life’
That depends entirely on what you mean by "information".
Believing that Disney et al 's hijacking of copyright to totally pervert the system from what the founders intended is a travesty that deserves civil disobedience is not a "contradictory belief" to also believing you shouldn't steal your neighbor's stuff.
You can go to prison for copying Steamboat Willie 90 years after it was published.