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Drop Table Companies Ltd

• mjoxley 10y ago
  ha ha, brilliant!
• dshuang 10y ago
  https://xkcd.com/327/ https://xkcd.com/327/
  • disposablezero 10y ago
    When hippie nerds name their kids, buy a former nuclear missile silo and watch the fuck out because we'll be accidentally thrown back into the days trying to start a fire with an iPhone and wishing for an Samsung Galaxy Note 7 airlines announced were banned at the beginning of every flight.
• brad0 10y ago
  Was this supposed to kill companies house or scrapers?
  • keane 10y ago
    you could ask the maker, https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=pizzeys https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=pizzeys
• deleted 10y ago
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• Buge 10y ago
  That's not going to work. Did the beginning single quote get stripped out?
  • guan 10y ago
    There was no beginning single quote in the original filing forming the company: https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/10542519/filing-history/MzE2NTQ4NjQyN2FkaXF6a2N4/document?format=pdf&download=0 https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/10542519/filing-h... But that document appears to be generated using Companies House tools, so it is possible that there was a single quote originally that was stripped out at an earlier stage.
    • pizzeys 10y ago
      Nah - brokenness is intentional. I'm sure Companies House application is secure, but I don't know if all the applications scraping it/using its feeds are, so I couldn't be /too/ real.
• mkagenius 10y ago
  The author probably tried to break the software of the company registrar and wherever that name gets saved. I guess it didn't work :) But good try.
• petarb 10y ago
  Reminds me of the xckd comic Bobby drop tables https://xkcd.com/327/ https://xkcd.com/327/
• qume 10y ago
  "Nature of business (SIC) 62020 - Information technology consultancy activities" Awesome great marketing work, love it.
• richardknop 10y ago
  I would try aaa'; drop table companies; --
• rahrahrah 10y ago
  Guys.... This is obviously NOT an attempt to SQL inject. This is a full fledged company incorporation. A marketing move if you will. Although a risky one. If that had worked that guy would end up in court.
  • pizzeys 10y ago
    :) Not that risky though - it looks more like an SQL injection than it actually is. I actually didn't think it would get this much attention - I went to bed!
    • rahrahrah 10y ago
      Got it, just saw this comment > Nah - brokenness is intentional Well played sir. EDIT: are you actually in the UK?
    • keithpeter 10y ago
      Watch out for those computer generated marketing letters being sent to the registered address.
  • chirau 10y ago
    Why would he end up in court?
• MatthewWilkes 10y ago
  I very nearly did this a couple of years ago, but chickened out after the registrar I picked displayed a blank screen when I tried it.
• frant-hartm 10y ago
  Shame the companies house runs on MongoDB :-D ... https://www.mongodb.com/press/companies-house-opens-its-data-mongodb-powered-api https://www.mongodb.com/press/companies-house-opens-its-data...
  • tshannon 10y ago
    You can still do sql injection like attacks with Mongo.
• TeMPOraL 10y ago
  Achievement unlocked. Next level - name your company: X5O!P%@AP[4\PZX54(P^)7CC)7}$EICAR-STANDARD-ANTIVIRUS-TEST-FILE!$H+H*
• Silhouette 10y ago
  Funny idea. Good luck with the logo design, though... ;-)
• techcode 10y ago
  DROP TABLE CONSULTANTS; LTD - is from 2013 https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/08768324 https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/08768324