HackingCustomer Data InvolvedData ExfiltratedIdentity (basic)Financial accountFinancial credentialsHighContained

Creative Services, Inc.

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Severity

High

Discovered

Jan 25, 2022

Filed

Feb 23, 2022

To disclose

29 days

Affected · nationwide

164,6732,060 in this filing

Linked

15 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Creative Services, Inc. →8 incidents on file

Creative Services, Inc. reported an external system breach that occurred on November 23, 2021, and was discovered on January 25, 2022. The incident compromised names and financial account or credit/debit card numbers with their corresponding access codes. A total of 2,060 Maine residents were affected. The company provided written notification to those affected on February 23 and 25, 2022, and offered 12 months of complimentary credit monitoring and identity theft restoration services through Equifax.

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Maine clockDiscovered Jan 25, 2022 → Filed with AG Feb 23, 202229d ✓ ME AG ≤30d29 days 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 · 63 days

discovery → filing · 29 days

Nov 23, 2021

Begins

Jan 25, 2022

Discovered

Feb 23, 2022

Filed

This filing is one of 15 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

Oregon State AGbd_58ba6830f1c17f8a2022-02-23Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_71cee38ec170da962022-02-23Verified
Montana State AGbd_737a9c0214d5b59e2022-02-23Verified
Washington State AGbd_ce667c17253adfc12022-02-23Verified

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South Carolina State AGbd_750ed45764cbfacf2022-02-24 · +1dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_46b3db9060c7d4b62022-02-28 · +5dVerified
Maine State AGbd_361b96baa57efa2b2022-04-18 · +54dVerified
California State AGbd_3c3b61d1f85192c62022-04-18 · +54dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_57dcbca496f5c7172022-04-22 · +58dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_5de66d920370e7c02022-05-06 · +72dVerified

Showing first 10 of 14 linked disclosures.

Name: Creative Services, Inc.
norm: creative services
Domain: creativeservices.com

Name: Creative Services, Inc.
norm: creative services
Domain: creativeservices.com

Discovered: Jan 25, 2022
Breach occurred: Nov 23, 2021
Undetected for: 63 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Feb 23, 2022
Affected individuals: 164,673state + nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Financial accountFinancial credentials
Data elements: Financial account number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access

During the incident: Provided written notification to affected consumers
Notified consumer reporting agencies
Offered complimentary identity theft protection services
Changes made: Offered 12 months of complimentary credit monitoring, fraud consultation, and identity theft restoration services through Equifax
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 29 days(29 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG ≤30d · 29dME CRA notice due
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.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
Maine
Discovered: Jan 25, 2022
→ Filed with AG: Feb 23, 2022
29d 30 days ME AG ≤30d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Jan 25, 2022 → Filed with AG: Feb 23, 2022	29d	30 days	ME AG ≤30d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 11 filings · 8 states

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Oregon State AGFeb 23 · first

Massachusetts State AGFeb 23 · first

Montana State AGFeb 23 · first

Washington State AGFeb 23 · first

Maine State AGFeb 23 · first · this page

South Carolina State AG+1d

New Hampshire State AG+5d

Maine State AG+54d

California State AG+54d

New Hampshire State AG+58d

New Hampshire State AG+72d

Pattern: first filing Feb 23 (OR), last May 6 (NH) — a 72-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

Cascade drawn from the first 10 linked disclosures of 14 — the full spread may be wider.

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://www.maine.gov/agviewer/content/ag/985235c7-cb95-4be2-8792-a1252b4f8318/deb00156-358b-4bf5-80e1-cf0d189e9d3c.shtml
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Feb 23, 2022
Raw hash: 53a7a54a0e8a1c3d65eaa38d5bc9c3be3d8093de4841ddfa567ad0b2cdc84ce2

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityCreative Services, Inc.

Victim entityCreative Services, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Jan 25, 2022

Stated responseProvided written notification to affected consumers

ComplianceME AG ≤30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov