Is this take-down being orchestrated by our government?
No. Probably being done by the Chinese government, who realized Bitcoin was being used by Chinese nationals to expatriate capital against their laws.
No, it’s people that don’t actually understand security learning hard lessons that the normal banking industry had to learn a long time ago. They didn’t realize that when there’s hundreds of thousands or even millions of dollars in your web exposed 1s and 0s you’re a target. Just look at the hauls these thieves are getting, that’s a lot of motivation.