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UK’s Companies House confirms security flaw exposed business data

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UK’s Companies House confirms security flaw exposed business data

Mon Mar 16 2026

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Companies House, a British government agency that operates the registry for all U.K. companies, says its WebFiling service is back online after it was closed on Friday to fix a security flaw that exposed companies' information since October 2025. [...]