You call it FUD, but when I asked the question, time stamps for the blocks being mined were appearing out of sequential chronological order:

2287767   Sat, 23 Jun 2018 08:13:34 GMT
2287766   Sat, 23 Jun 2018 08:13:20 GMT
2287765   Sat, 23 Jun 2018 08:13:02 GMT
2287764   Sat, 23 Jun 2018 08:08:22 GMT
2287763   Sat, 23 Jun 2018 08:12:41 GMT
2287762   Sat, 23 Jun 2018 08:07:46 GMT
2287761   Sat, 23 Jun 2018 08:07:22 GMT


It's still happening now:

2297509   Wed, 27 Jun 2018 02:39:21 GMT
2297508   Wed, 27 Jun 2018 02:36:29 GMT
2297507   Wed, 27 Jun 2018 02:36:28 GMT
2297506   Wed, 27 Jun 2018 02:38:40 GMT
2297505   Wed, 27 Jun 2018 02:38:29 GMT
2297504   Wed, 27 Jun 2018 02:38:21 GMT
2297503   Wed, 27 Jun 2018 02:35:16 GMT
2297502   Wed, 27 Jun 2018 02:35:15 GMT
2297501   Wed, 27 Jun 2018 02:37:50 GMT
2297500   Wed, 27 Jun 2018 02:37:32 GMT
2297499   Wed, 27 Jun 2018 02:34:39 GMT
2297498   Wed, 27 Jun 2018 02:36:27 GMT
2297497   Wed, 27 Jun 2018 02:34:01 GMT
2297496   Wed, 27 Jun 2018 02:35:56 GMT
2297495   Wed, 27 Jun 2018 02:32:55 GMT
2297494   Wed, 27 Jun 2018 02:35:22 GMT
2297493   Wed, 27 Jun 2018 02:35:14 GMT
2297492   Wed, 27 Jun 2018 02:35:07 GMT
2297491   Wed, 27 Jun 2018 02:34:38 GMT
2297490   Wed, 27 Jun 2018 02:34:00 GMT
2297489   Wed, 27 Jun 2018 02:30:28 GMT
2297488   Wed, 27 Jun 2018 02:32:54 GMT
2297487   Wed, 27 Jun 2018 02:32:44 GMT
2297486   Wed, 27 Jun 2018 02:32:35 GMT
2297485   Wed, 27 Jun 2018 02:32:26 GMT
2297484   Wed, 27 Jun 2018 02:31:32 GMT
2297483   Wed, 27 Jun 2018 02:27:04 GMT
2297482   Wed, 27 Jun 2018 02:30:27 GMT
2297481   Wed, 27 Jun 2018 02:28:38 GMT
2297480   Wed, 27 Jun 2018 02:27:34 GMT
2297479   Wed, 27 Jun 2018 02:23:31 GMT
2297478   Wed, 27 Jun 2018 02:26:27 GMT

When I look at block explorers for other coins -- ZCash, Bitcoin Gold, Zen Cash, Ravencoin, etc.  None of them have this issue.

Seems to me that the hack is still ongoing, the hackers just aren't taking complete control of the network.