HackingTechnologyInformationData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Financial accountHighContained

Creative Services, Inc.

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Severity

High

Discovered

Jan 25, 2022

Filed

Apr 18, 2022

To disclose

12 weeks

Affected · nationwide

165,2262,062 in this filing

Linked

15 filings

Confidence

66%

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

Creative Services, Inc. reported an external system breach (hacking) occurring on November 23, 2021, discovered on January 25, 2022. The incident affected 165,226 individuals, including 2,062 Maine residents. Acquired data included names and financial account or credit/debit card numbers (with security codes/PINs). The company provided written notification and offered 12 months of credit monitoring and identity theft restoration services through Equifax.

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Maine clockDiscovered Jan 25, 2022 → Filed with AG Apr 18, 202283d ⏱ ME AG >30d12 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 · 63 days

discovery → filing · 12 weeks / 83 days

Nov 23, 2021

Begins

Jan 25, 2022

Discovered

Apr 18, 2022

Filed

vs. sector median

7 wks faster

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

California State AGbd_3c3b61d1f85192c62022-04-18Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_57dcbca496f5c7172022-04-22 · +4dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_5de66d920370e7c02022-05-06 · +18dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_46b3db9060c7d4b62022-02-28 · +49dVerified

Show 6 more filings ↓up to 54d gap

South Carolina State AGbd_750ed45764cbfacf2022-02-24 · +53dVerified
Maine State AGbd_1be64c03d8c522bd2022-02-23 · +54dVerified
Oregon State AGbd_58ba6830f1c17f8a2022-02-23 · +54dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_71cee38ec170da962022-02-23 · +54dVerified
Montana State AGbd_737a9c0214d5b59e2022-02-23 · +54dVerified
Washington State AGbd_ce667c17253adfc12022-02-23 · +54dVerified

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
Industry: Technologyllm

Discovered: Jan 25, 2022
Breach occurred: Nov 23, 2021
Undetected for: 63 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Feb 23, 2022
Affected individuals: 165,226state + nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Financial account
Data elements: Financial account number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Filed data breach notice with the Maine Office of the Attorney General
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Sent written notification to affected consumers
Offered 12 months of complimentary access to credit monitoring, fraud consultation, and identity theft restoration services through Equifax
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 12 weeks(83 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG >30d · 83dME 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: Apr 18, 2022
83d 30 days (soft) ME AG >30d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Jan 25, 2022 → Filed with AG: Apr 18, 2022	83d	30 days (soft)	ME AG >30d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 11 filings · 8 states

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Maine State AGFeb 23 · first

Oregon State AGFeb 23 · first

Massachusetts State AGFeb 23 · first

Montana State AGFeb 23 · first

Washington State AGFeb 23 · first

South Carolina State AG+1d

New Hampshire State AG+5d

California State AG+54d

Maine State AG+54d · this page

New Hampshire State AG+58d

New Hampshire State AG+72d

Pattern: first filing Feb 23 (ME), 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-a1252b4f8318/00130b43-1fca-4db5-85a9-a79191d6cb26.shtml
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Apr 18, 2022
Raw hash: c7913e80f4c7f274cfb91a45ea645c22e861b93267aea65e53b0cf8b14a99b6f

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityCreative Services, Inc.

Victim entityCreative Services, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Jan 25, 2022

Stated responseSent written notification to affected consumers

ComplianceME AG >30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov