[Kraken Reports 'Dust Attack,' Some Customer Accounts Temporarily Locked] According to Deep Tide TechFlow on August 25, as reported by Bloomberg, the digital asset exchange Kraken stated that some customer accounts were temporarily locked after receiving small cryptocurrency transfers from wallets associated with the sanctioned exchange HTX. Kraken referred to such transfers as a 'dust attack,' which involves sending small, unsolicited transfers to disrupt or manipulate other cryptocurrency users. In this incident, Kraken believes the purpose of the attack may have been to trigger platform compliance reviews by spreading sanctioned funds.