Dan Neidle

Person

Last mentioned: 2d ago

Timeline

  1. Filing Guidance Issued

    Official guidance released for companies missing deadlines due to the outage.

  2. Vulnerability Discovered

    Dan Neidle identifies a critical session management flaw in the WebFiling dashboard.

  3. Companies House Alerted

    Tax Policy Associates notifies the UK corporate register of the security risk.

  4. Service Suspension

    Companies House takes the WebFiling service offline for investigation and patching.

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Companies House Suspends WebFiling After Critical Data Exposure Glitch

Companies House has taken its WebFiling service offline following the discovery of a severe vulnerability that allowed users to view and edit the personal data of other businesses. The flaw, which exposed directors' home addresses and dates of birth, was triggered by a simple browser navigation action, raising significant concerns over corporate identity theft and fraud.

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