At this moment there are hundreds of transactions in the mempool that have fees larger than the value they transmit.

 Is it some kind of attack?  

 People throwing away sats isn't an attack. It's stupid and they get what they deserve. Miners likely sell those sats back to the market for you to stack 

 Insanity mempool 

 Above a certain fee rate, most people just won't open lightning channels. 

 Everyone close channels, you will receive your bitcoin when you deserve