Ethereum Downtime - Possible issue (Breaking)

Bittrex has taken the Ethereum wallet and all token wallets offline due to alleged blockchain backup.

At the same time a notable coin developer tweeted this:

Will keep everyone updated.

UPDATE

Coins did NOT send.

UPDATE 2
Now claiming he did indeed access another wallet.

UPDATE 3
Romano maintains the story that a private ETH key was generated that contained coins. The private key was passed over to Whalepanda who confirmed.

UPDATE 4
This is what broke the ETH network temporarily:

UPDATE 5
Issue is confirmed legit and being investigated by Ethereum team.