AccidentalRetail & ConsumerTechnologyRetailMisconfigurationDelayed DiscoveryCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)PIILowContained

GSPlatformCo Inc

bd_9fb38cf7fb093047 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Nov 22, 2025

Filed

Jan 12, 2026

To disclose

7 weeks

Affected

798state residents only

Linked

8 filings

Confidence

69%

Full breach record for GSPlatformCo Inc →

GSPlatformCo Inc. notified the Washington AG of a data breach involving a misconfigured Elasticsearch index on DigitalOcean. The incident, discovered on November 22, 2025, exposed basic PII (names, emails, addresses) of approximately 798 Washington residents. The data was a 7-month-old snapshot, excluding passwords or financial data. The company isolated the system, migrated to Hetzner, and implemented stricter security controls.

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Washington clock⏱ WA AG >30d7 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.

Incident timeline

undetected · 205 days

discovery → filing · 7 weeks / 51 days

May 1, 2025

Begins

Nov 22, 2025

Discovered

Jan 12, 2026

Filed

vs. sector median

2 wks faster

This filing is one of 8 filings about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (7) · sorted by filing gap

California State AGbd_4ed66e6c4f37d2eb2026-01-12Verified
Maine State AGbd_ae32ca57c4e89aef2026-01-12Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_e571e074be5ee9422026-01-12Verified
Indiana State AGbd_731ce90868a6c3cf2026-01-11 · +1dCandidate

Show 3 more filings ↓up to 19d gap

Vermont State AGbd_15019ec1bc93626b2026-01-16 · +4dVerified
Illinois State AGbd_843207e57cc29b062026-01-01 · +11dVerified by operator
Oregon State AGbd_50c0e0a87c4629ea2026-01-31 · +19dVerified by operator

Name: GSPlatformCo Inc
norm: gsplatformco
Domain: anka.africa

Name: GSPlatformCo Inc
norm: gsplatformco
Domain: anka.africa
Industry: Retail & ConsumerllmTechnologyllm

Discovered: Nov 22, 2025
Breach occurred: May 1, 2025 – Nov 22, 2025
Undetected for: 205 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 798state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)PII
Data elements: NameDate of birth
WA-stated cause: Unauthorized Access
WA-stated duration: lifecycle 200-299dexposure 200-299d
WA-stated discovery: Found while ongoingContained same day
Attack vector: Misconfiguration
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified Washington Attorney General
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Isolated the DigitalOcean environment
Removed all personal data from Elasticsearch indexing
Stopped relying on Elasticsearch for admin dashboards
Switched to querying directly from the secure PostgreSQL database
Audited all Elasticsearch indices
Secured the Hetzner Elasticsearch cluster with strict access controls
Commissioned an independent penetration test and vulnerability scan
Changes made: Implemented private VPC access
Implemented firewalls
Implemented encryption at rest
Implemented pseudonymisation of personal identifiers
Implemented stricter access controls
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 7 weeks(51 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: WA AG >30d
Discovery-date grounding: AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 8 filings · 8 states

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Illinois State AGJan 1 · first

Indiana State AG+10d

California State AG+11d

Maine State AG+11d

New Hampshire State AG+11d

Washington State AG+11d · this page

Vermont State AG+15d

Oregon State AG+30d

Pattern: first filing Jan 1 (IL), last Jan 31 (OR) — a 30-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

Evidence ladder

Leak-site claim

Attacker assertion only. Establishes: claim date, group, alleged victim.

Press / market report

Unlocks: incident narrative, operational impact. Still no compliance clock.

State AG / regulator filingThis record

Unlocks: discovery date, data types, affected count, compliance clock.

SEC 8-K / victim statement

Unlocks: materiality, stated response, full audit trail. Ceiling removed.

Source URL: https://agportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/databreach/BreachA36195.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jan 12, 2026
Raw hash: ef7611c593ca8b68525e086403cb130152b698a7bb8f8f270ada6c4b3b53c02f

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (7) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityGSPlatformCo Inc

Victim entityGSPlatformCo Inc

Incidentdiscovered Nov 22, 2025

Stated responseIsolated the DigitalOcean environment

ComplianceWA AG >30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceagportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com