Does Hybrid Penalty (still) apply to group?

[Randiesel]

This is starting to bug me, I'm 99.9% sure the hybrid penalty applies to the group, as numerous posts here indicate, but lately in-game people seem to be citing some mysterious "patch notes" from "a couple weeks ago" that say it was removed. The only patch notes I've been able to find that even mention group penalties are from July, and they are explicitly removing shared HELL LEVEL penalties.

So which is it, do we hybrids still share the penalty?