HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesStolen CredentialsData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountMediumActive

Creative Services, Inc.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Nov 26, 2021

Filed

Feb 7, 2022

To disclose

10 weeks

Affected

3state residents only

Linked

15 filings

Confidence

66%

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

Creative Services, Inc. notified the NH AG of a cyber-attack where files were copied on Nov 23, 2021. Discovered Nov 26, 2021. Affected 3 NH residents (employees). Data included names, SSNs, driver's licenses, and financial account numbers. Forensic specialists engaged; credit monitoring offered.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 3 days

discovery → filing · 10 weeks / 73 days

Nov 23, 2021

Begins

Nov 26, 2021

Discovered

Feb 7, 2022

Filed

vs. sector median

8 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

Maine State AGbd_1be64c03d8c522bd2022-02-23 · +16dVerified
Oregon State AGbd_58ba6830f1c17f8a2022-02-23 · +16dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_71cee38ec170da962022-02-23 · +16dVerified
Montana State AGbd_737a9c0214d5b59e2022-02-23 · +16dVerified

Show 6 more filings ↓up to 88d gap

South Carolina State AGbd_750ed45764cbfacf2022-02-24 · +17dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_46b3db9060c7d4b62022-02-28 · +21dVerified
Maine State AGbd_361b96baa57efa2b2022-04-18 · +70dVerified
California State AGbd_3c3b61d1f85192c62022-04-18 · +70dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_57dcbca496f5c7172022-04-22 · +74dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_5de66d920370e7c02022-05-06 · +88dVerified

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: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Nov 26, 2021
Breach occurred: Nov 23, 2021
Undetected for: 3 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Feb 1, 2022
Affected individuals: 3state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1041 Exfiltration Over C2 ChannelT1119 Automated Collection
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Provided written notice to the New Hampshire Attorney General's Consumer Protection Bureau
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Commenced an investigation into the incident, with the assistance of third-party computer forensic specialists
Moved quickly to assess the security of its systems
Providing access to credit monitoring services for twelve (12) months to individuals whose personal information was potentially affected by this incident, at no cost to these individuals
Providing impacted individuals with guidance on how to better protect against identity theft and fraud
Changes made: Working to implement additional security measures in its environment
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 10 weeks(73 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 11 filings · 7 states

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New Hampshire State AGFeb 7 · first · this page

Maine State AG+16d

Oregon State AG+16d

Massachusetts State AG+16d

Montana State AG+16d

South Carolina State AG+17d

New Hampshire State AG+21d

Maine State AG+70d

California State AG+70d

New Hampshire State AG+74d

New Hampshire State AG+88d

Pattern: first filing Feb 7 (NH), last May 6 (NH) — a 88-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://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/creative-services-20220207.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Feb 7, 2022
Raw hash: 850ee0cc812126a330adc6673ee5c5f96291388e431be68c3cfb25322ce01c47

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityCreative Services, Inc.

Victim entityCreative Services, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Nov 26, 2021

Stated responseCommenced an investigation into the incident, with the assistance of third-party computer forensic specialists

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov