HackingCustomer Data InvolvedDelayed DiscoveryIdentity (basic)Financial accountFinancial credentialsLowContained

Creative Services, Inc.

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Jan 21, 2022

Filed

Feb 1, 2022

To disclose

11 days

Affected · nationwide

4562 in this filing

Linked

15 filings

Confidence

65%

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

Creative Services, Inc. experienced an external system breach on November 23, 2021, discovered on January 21, 2022. The breach affected two Maine residents, compromising names and financial account information, including credit/debit card numbers with security codes. The company notified affected individuals on February 1, 2022, and offered 12 months of complimentary credit monitoring and identity protection services through Equifax.

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Maine clockDiscovered Jan 21, 2022 → Filed with AG Feb 1, 202211d ✓ ME AG ≤30d11 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 · 59 days

discovery → filing · 11 days

Nov 23, 2021

Begins

Jan 21, 2022

Discovered

Feb 1, 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

Maine State AGbd_1be64c03d8c522bd2022-02-23 · +22dVerified
Oregon State AGbd_58ba6830f1c17f8a2022-02-23 · +22dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_71cee38ec170da962022-02-23 · +22dVerified
Montana State AGbd_737a9c0214d5b59e2022-02-23 · +22dVerified

Show 6 more filings ↓up to 94d gap

South Carolina State AGbd_750ed45764cbfacf2022-02-24 · +23dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_46b3db9060c7d4b62022-02-28 · +27dVerified
Maine State AGbd_361b96baa57efa2b2022-04-18 · +76dVerified
California State AGbd_3c3b61d1f85192c62022-04-18 · +76dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_57dcbca496f5c7172022-04-22 · +80dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_5de66d920370e7c02022-05-06 · +94dVerified

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 21, 2022
Breach occurred: Nov 23, 2021
Undetected for: 59 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Feb 1, 2022
Affected individuals: 456state + nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Financial accountFinancial credentials
Data elements: Financial account number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
Threat actor: External

During the incident: Provided written notification to affected consumers
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: 11 days(11 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG ≤30d · 11d
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 21, 2022
→ Filed with AG: Feb 1, 2022
11d 30 days ME AG ≤30d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Jan 21, 2022 → Filed with AG: Feb 1, 2022	11d	30 days	ME AG ≤30d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 11 filings · 7 states

View merged incident ↗

Maine State AGFeb 1 · first · this page

Maine State AG+22d

Oregon State AG+22d

Massachusetts State AG+22d

Montana State AG+22d

South Carolina State AG+23d

New Hampshire State AG+27d

Maine State AG+76d

California State AG+76d

New Hampshire State AG+80d

New Hampshire State AG+94d

Pattern: first filing Feb 1 (ME), last May 6 (NH) — a 94-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/e72b68ce-dbf8-4e21-a330-0ca5f53a764e.shtml
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Feb 1, 2022
Raw hash: 6e0126e1f54a38efab7deccd63b8cdb3716ece5581ebef8a87c0d57d8f48514d

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityCreative Services, Inc.

Victim entityCreative Services, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Jan 21, 2022

Stated responseProvided written notification to affected consumers

ComplianceME AG ≤30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov