That company whose name used to contain HTML script tags Ltd

#1

Post by marinintim » Wed, Oct 28, 2020, 3:16 PM UTC

That company whose name used to contain HTML script tags Ltd
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Re: That company whose name used to contain HTML script tags Ltd

#2

Post by MonadIsPronad » Wed, Oct 28, 2020, 3:52 PM UTC

Now _that_ is pretty funny. I wonder what the company name is. Even the PDF of the incorporation certificate doesn't show the name.

Re: That company whose name used to contain HTML script tags Ltd

#3

Post by tomcat27 » Wed, Oct 28, 2020, 3:53 PM UTC

hahahahaahaha! is this some prank?

Re: That company whose name used to contain HTML script tags Ltd

#4

Post by klodolph » Wed, Oct 28, 2020, 3:53 PM UTC

MonadIsPronad wrote: post #2

Now _that_ is pretty funny. I wonder what the company name is. Even the PDF of the incorporation certificate doesn't show the name.

; DROP TABLE "COMPANIES";-- LTD

(Yes, the description is inaccurate.)

Edit: This is a different company, actually.

Re: That company whose name used to contain HTML script tags Ltd

#5

Post by tshanmu » Wed, Oct 28, 2020, 3:53 PM UTC

Would be it interesting to know why the name had to be changed?

Re: That company whose name used to contain HTML script tags Ltd

#6

Post by klodolph » Wed, Oct 28, 2020, 3:55 PM UTC

tshanmu wrote: post #5

Would be it interesting to know why the name had to be changed?

Because there are a bunch of companies which do aggregation of information about companies, and not all of them used parameterized SQL queries :-/

Re: That company whose name used to contain HTML script tags Ltd

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Post by MonadIsPronad » Wed, Oct 28, 2020, 3:55 PM UTC

klodolph wrote: post #4

MonadIsPronad wrote: post #2

Now _that_ is pretty funny. I wonder what the company name is. Even the PDF of the incorporation certificate doesn't show the name.

; DROP TABLE "COMPANIES";-- LTD (Yes, the description is inaccurate.) Edit: This is a different company, actually.

Outstanding. What a clever, cheeky fellow. Obligatory XKCD: https://xkcd.com/327/

Re: That company whose name used to contain HTML script tags Ltd

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Post by bearbin » Wed, Oct 28, 2020, 3:55 PM UTC

Relevant context: https://twitter.com/zofrex/status/1319286955314614275

Apparently the name used to be

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Re: That company whose name used to contain HTML script tags Ltd

#9

Post by kalium-xyz » Wed, Oct 28, 2020, 3:56 PM UTC

This is not a prank, its the new Companies house search which still contains some kinks and I assume they had to work around a very specific one here.

Re: That company whose name used to contain HTML script tags Ltd

#10

Post by fennecfoxen » Wed, Oct 28, 2020, 3:57 PM UTC

klodolph wrote: post #4

MonadIsPronad wrote: post #2

Now _that_ is pretty funny. I wonder what the company name is. Even the PDF of the incorporation certificate doesn't show the name.

; DROP TABLE "COMPANIES";-- LTD (Yes, the description is inaccurate.) Edit: This is a different company, actually.

; DROP TABLE "COMPANIES";-- LTD is still live at https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/c...

See also "BETTS &AMP; TWINE LTD" https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/c...

SAFDASD & SFSAF \' SFDAASF\" LTD https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/c...