You may remember a number of years back, maybe 6-10 years ago, when the various attacks appeared to be coordinated.
You had negative AF pieces, multiple frivolous lawsuits including searches for class action suit lead plaintiffs, heavy shorting, etc.
Kinda like this past May 10 NYAS, only worse since it was a prolonged attack at a more vulnerable time.
In fact I think it was this near BK experience that spawned the radio silence strategy strategy !