On 06/01/2018 12:14 AM, Matthew Hardeman via dev-security-policy wrote:
> On Thu, May 31, 2018 at 5:03 PM, Kristian Fiskerstrand <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> 
>>
>> New business enterprise name:   ';UPDATE TAXRATE SET RATE = 0 WHERE NAME =
>> 'EDVIN SYSE'
>>
>> they have a write-up on it on
>> https://blogg.syse.no/syse-data-og-bronnoysundregistrene/ in Norwegian,

I was wrong, there is an English description at the bottom

>> Apparently it generated so much traffic to the business registry that
>> they were requested to change the name...
>>
> 
> That's hilarious.  Where I'm from they'd accuse you of attempting to hack
> them, though likely not actually attempt to prosecute it.
> 

The name was changed after two days to
https://w2.brreg.no/kunngjoring/hent_en.jsp?kid=20090000109089&sokeverdi=979829299&spraak=en

New business enterprise name:   BOBBY'S UNCLE EDVIN 'TABLES' SYSE

As they state in the blog post, the name was originally in tribute to:
"""
The name is a reference to an old XKCD-strip:

http://xkcd.com/327/
"""

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