so apparently they have been working on the EOS fork for a few months. Great that they are ahead of the game.
ive been following this for some time, and they are always active and engaging in the telegram and have communicated throughout, so yeah i wouldnt put this past them, I think the announcement of the eth-fork, might have even been a story just to throw people off the scent of them investigating the real EOS switch, glad its been done so professionally.