Kraken user was attacked by social engineering and 8662 ETH were stolen and transferred to HitBTC

On April 1, according to monitoring by on-line analyst Ash, a Kraken user was suspected to have suffered a social engineering attack and 8,662 ETH pieces worth approximately US$18.19 million were stolen. The attacker then exchanged 878 ETH for 26.5 BTC through the cross-chain tool THORChain, and transferred all the stolen assets (7,784 ETH and 26.5 BTC) to the HitBTC exchange six hours later.