Companies House: Cybercrime
Commons · Question 120979 · Tabled 16 Mar 2026 · Department for Business and Trade · Official record
Answered 19 Mar 2026
Question
Asked by Gareth Davies
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many unauthorised changes to company records were (a) attempted and (b) successfully registered before the WebFiling service was closed on 13 March 2026.
Answer
Answered by Blair McDougall, 19 Mar 2026
Companies House is investigating this from both a technical and customer perspective. Following the initial report, ongoing investigations have found no subsequent confirmed cases of personal data having been (a) accessed without permission as a result of...