SO MUCH FUD!! I am basically repeating in the chats, "Everything is fine, your wallet is fine, steem is fine, be calm."
This may have been a reaction to all of the positive press that steem got this week - somebody from another camp could have gotten worried and DDOS'd steemit to try and turn people away. No way to know for sure until we hear from sneak or another of the higher-ups...
Best to stay calm and steem on for now :-)