I think what you are referring to is whats going down at XMR. Its not cool at all.
My post above is a glimps at what I believe can be done externally of the Cryptonote core to prevent or manage any damage that can be done by an attack.
Live managed exchanges opposed to automated.
It would obviously depend on weather you think it was an attack on XMR or if it was meant for financial gain, there will never be an end to people spending time to try and Hack to damage or Steal.