Sarah Dal

Woah this is incredible "A major vulnerability in the Companies House website enabled free access to the “dashboard” of any of the five million registered companies" ... Just by pressing the back button on your browser twice. (They reported it to CH and waited for it to be resolved before posting this)

https://taxpolicy.org.uk/2026/03/13/companies-house-security-vulnerability-directors-addresses/

Companies House flaw exposed five million directors and enabled company hijacking

A major flaw in the Companies House website enabled free access to the “dashboard” of any of the five million registered companies. See it used in this video.

Tax Policy Associates
Mar 13 at 9:21pmWeb
Show threadKen MilmoreMar 13
@sarahdalgulls Poor back/front end separation. Bloody cheapskates. I hope my bank isn't like this.
Show threadNick FMar 13
@sarahdalgulls 😬
Show threadAquaClaireMar 14
@sarahdalgulls Gosh. Kudos to the three who investigated and reported. Let's hope IT gremlins at Companies House can be fixed faster than at the British Library...