Data Leak

[isaaclns]

Hey guys, recently i update my kaspersy basic for premium and i are using data leak checker. The tool showed me that through my personal email, on 3 sites data leaks occurred, my question is: what can I do about it? The tool is good for warning, but does not show lay people what it can do about it.

[harlan4096]

Welcome to Kaspersky Community.

 

As this is a password leak, You should just change password of the users in those affected sites.

[isaaclns]

4 minutes ago, harlan4096 said:

Welcome to Kaspersky Community.

 

As this is a password leak, You should just change password of the users in those affected sites.

i will make this, thank you fellow 

[Paul4A]

I've just had a Kaspersky pop up telling me that the data leak detector has found something and I'd agree, that's of little help.  The help page About Data Leak Checker is equally of little help.

For me, it says that the web site leak is Gravatar but I've no idea who they are and have certainly not created an account with a password directly with them.  I assume some web site I do use might use their systems but how do I find out which and what actions to take?

[harlan4096]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravatar

[Paul4A]

So Gravatar is a site for creating Avatars in blogging.  I don't do blogging and have never created an avatar beyond adding a photo of people to contacts in my iPhone contact list.  I'm not on Facebook, TikTok, Twitter or any other social media.  So, knowing who Gravatar are still doesn't help me at all with Kaspersky's stressful pop up. I'm none the wiser about what I can do.

[harlan4096]

But that service, it is used by many forums to manage avatars...

[Flood and Flood's wife]

58 minutes ago, Paul4A said:

So Gravatar is a site for creating Avatars in blogging.  I don't do blogging and have never created an avatar beyond adding a photo of people to contacts in my iPhone contact list.  I'm not on Facebook, TikTok, Twitter or any other social media.  So, knowing who Gravatar are still doesn't help me at all with Kaspersky's stressful pop up. I'm none the wiser about what I can do.

Hello @Paul4A, 

Also, the Wiki article @harlan4096 shared with you discusses a huge Gravatar data breach, background & consequences - IF this was *our* problem we'd do the following:

1. Does the K-data leak detector show the Gravatar *image* & an email address? 
2. IF 'yes', go to Gravatar website & *try* to log-in. 
3. IF the log-in fails, select *Forgot* Password (You know which email address the password reset authentication email will be sent to from Kaspersky's info). 
4. IF the email is received & (you're) able to access the Gravatar account - the info like - when it was created & other associated info *should* be in the account.... 
5. We'd also log a case with Kaspersky Customer Service: https://support.kaspersky.com/b2c/global#contacts *and* with Gravatar support. 
6. One other suggestion - do (you) *share* ANY profiles/passwords across different applications OR websites - for example - do (you) use (your) Apple login to login to anything *other than* your Apple account? IF yes, (ioo) that's risky. We recommend changing all passwords & not using one profile/one password - across multiple applications, websites.

Please share the outcome with the Community, when it's available? 

Thank you🙏
Flood🐳+🐋

Edited 2 hours ago by Flood and Flood's wife
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