[johnnyfaehell]

I think it's more they're no longer worried about it evolving any more.

[NamTaf]

They had said in their updates that they'd leave it yellow until it subsided.

https://status.github.com/messages

[cotillion]

They're still hiding behind Prolexic/Akamai. I suspect the attacker is waiting for them to drop that protection.

From a state sponsored attacker I would have expected to see a BGP attack..

[tux3]

A BGP attack would be a whole new level of "This is war", probably with a bit more consequences.