The authors could also be hoping the "leak" itself, without actually executing the plan, causes panic sells by becoming a sort of self fulfilling prophecy. Als

The authors could also be hoping the "leak" itself, without actually executing the plan, causes panic sells by becoming a sort of self fulfilling prophecy. Also, it seems last night's ddos on mtgox didn't impact the price that much, at least not as much as previous attacks have, so I'm hoping the reduced effectiveness of such actions combined with the market clueing up to the ruse will help stabilise the bitcoin.