Its amazing how insecure and amateur of a project Ethereum is! They have already set the precedent that HF with a very low threshold is fine, have recently reconfirmed this and now it is being used against them.
Absolutely brutal.

Amateur hour over there!
Don't trust anyone, there's no way of knowing if this guy is the same one who authored the OP letter. For all we know the real DAO Attacker is keeping quiet, keeping his true plans to himself.