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Why SOSDataSource-ak in keychain?

Can anyone tell me what SOSDataSource-ak is or why it showed up in my keychain?

Posted on Jan 9, 2018 9:29 PM

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Posted on Jan 17, 2018 9:23 AM

I'm seeing the same entries on the KeyChain. I was cheking all entries since I was looking at this thread about some other strange entries.


strange entries in keychain, under an account called "waldo"


It will be nice if instead of contacting Apple Support, some actual interest in the matter is shown from this department, as some users are wondering if this is actually malicious activity, and it seems impossible to find any useful documentation about it.

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Jan 17, 2018 9:23 AM in response to zinacef

I'm seeing the same entries on the KeyChain. I was cheking all entries since I was looking at this thread about some other strange entries.


strange entries in keychain, under an account called "waldo"


It will be nice if instead of contacting Apple Support, some actual interest in the matter is shown from this department, as some users are wondering if this is actually malicious activity, and it seems impossible to find any useful documentation about it.

Feb 3, 2018 11:55 AM in response to maryfromashland

Not sure what it is, but I have five items in my iCloud keychain, all called SOSDataSource-ak, and all were created today. It occurred immediately after joining a new WiFi network, alongside an airport network password item. This has not happened to me before, and the only thing I can think of is that I have recently upgraded to High Sierra (most recently 10.13.2). All of these items are in an access group for "com.apple.security.sos".

Why SOSDataSource-ak in keychain?

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