HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesCapture Stored DataData ExfiltratedTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDHighContained

Creative Services, Inc.

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Severity

High

Discovered

Nov 26, 2021

Filed

Feb 24, 2022

To disclose

13 weeks

Affected

1,246state residents only

Linked

15 filings

Confidence

64%

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

Creative Services, Inc. notified individuals of a cyber-attack where files were copied from its systems on November 23, 2021. The incident potentially exposed names, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, and driver's license numbers. Creative Services engaged third-party forensic specialists, secured systems, and offered credit monitoring services to affected individuals.

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South Carolina clock✓ SC CRA notice due13 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Incident timeline

undetected · 3 days

discovery → filing · 13 weeks / 90 days

Nov 23, 2021

Begins

Nov 26, 2021

Discovered

Feb 24, 2022

Filed

vs. sector median

6 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 · +1dVerified
Oregon State AGbd_58ba6830f1c17f8a2022-02-23 · +1dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_71cee38ec170da962022-02-23 · +1dVerified
Montana State AGbd_737a9c0214d5b59e2022-02-23 · +1dVerified

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Washington State AGbd_ce667c17253adfc12022-02-23 · +1dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_46b3db9060c7d4b62022-02-28 · +4dVerified
Maine State AGbd_361b96baa57efa2b2022-04-18 · +53dVerified
California State AGbd_3c3b61d1f85192c62022-04-18 · +53dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_57dcbca496f5c7172022-04-22 · +57dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_5de66d920370e7c02022-05-06 · +71dVerified

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: Jan 25, 2022
Affected individuals: 1,246state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
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: This notice has not been delayed by law enforcement

During the incident: Promptly commenced an investigation into the incident, with the assistance of third-party computer forensic specialists
Took steps to secure our systems
Offering you complimentary access to credit monitoring, fraud consultation, and identity theft restoration services
Changes made: Working to implement enhanced security measures
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 13 weeks(90 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: SC CRA notice due
Discovery-date grounding: unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

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 · this page

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 (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://consumer.sc.gov/sites/consumer/files/Documents/Business%20Resources%20Laws/Related%20Laws/Breaches/2022/CreativeServicesInc..pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Feb 24, 2022
Raw hash: 7ab9bfe752d1097d3c276585d6ccbba9696e30e0da4cb15e71d5054682eb05ec

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityCreative Services, Inc.

Victim entityCreative Services, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Nov 26, 2021

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

ComplianceSC CRA notice due

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceconsumer.sc.gov