Well... the "official" thread was locked by coinmaster22 here: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=888534.0

He took his ball and ran home just like HP took our BTC and ran home. This is an unmoderated thread but try to keep it civil.

What we do know about HP for certain:

They stopped making payments on 12/25/14
They had a massive sale on hash with 75% off

What they say happened (I'm paraphrasing):

We were hacked! We'll get you more info on January 5th, 2015. If you want expedited help use a web form that you have to pay BTC with.