Companies House has admitted that its computer systems cannot handle the online filing of administrations.
Following the fake filing of administration orders against four listed UK companies, the organisation introduced stricter security measures as there were fears that it may signal a wider campaign directed at British business.
Now Companies House is not able to handle the online filing of administrations, Credit Control Journal reports.
This will mean that financial professionals will have to file administrations in the usual way, although they will still be able to receive information about this at the Companies House website.
The fake orders used details of real PricewaterhouseCoopers and KPMG practitioners and one of the firms targeted, Image Scan, believes the criminals could be testing Companies House's procedures in order to mount a bigger attack.
Such fake fillings can be very costly to a business because a court order has to be obtained before they can be removed from the public record.
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