This record tracks a ransomware attack claimed by the
thegentlemen group against
Placer AI. It collects the publicly disclosed attack details — sector, location and
timeline — as published on the operator's leak site and indexed by Breach House.
Window Zero
EXPOSURE GAP
Window Zero is the time the breach stayed in the open before
anyone said so — the gap between when the attack was first discovered
on the operator's leak site (t1) and when it was publicly disclosed (t2).
The wider this window, the longer victims, staff and customers were exposed with no warning.
2days open
t1 · Published
t2 · Pending
Indexed by Breach House
October 12, 2026
Disclosed / Notified
Not disclosed yet
Attack Summary
placer.ai Revenue $136.5 Million private US company valued at $1.5 billion that sells foot traffic analytics for physical locations, estimating visits to stores, malls and offices from anonymized data on tens of millions of mobile phones with 92%+ claimed accuracy. It hit $100 million annual recurring revenue in 2024 after growing 80% in a year and serves 4,000+ customers including Sony, Wegmans, BJ's Wholesale, SeaWorld and Bloomberg, which puts Placer data into its Terminal so investors can track company performance before earnings. Money comes from SaaS subscriptions starting around $12,000 a year, API data feeds and add-on datasets, and it has raised $268 million in total funding. Around 630 employees work at Placer.ai after 150 layoffs in January 2025 aimed at reaching profitability, and it owns no factories or stores because its product is pure software and data.
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Dark Web Exposure
Findings for placer.ai
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42
found in Infostealer logs
160
found in Traditional breaches
219
found in Ransomware leaks
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