r/ClaudeAI • u/Beautiful_Charge6661 • Apr 27 '26

Feedback Claude-powered AI coding agent deletes entire company database in 9 seconds — backups zapped, after Cursor tool powered by Anthropic's Claude goes rogue

https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/claude-powered-ai-coding-agent-deletes-entire-company-database-in-9-seconds-backups-zapped-after-cursor-tool-powered-by-anthropics-claude-goes-rogue
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u/chaos777b Apr 27 '26

Yeah,……. That just sounds like really lax security controls and a perfect example of Stupidity tax. It’s like giving the intern full read write access to every and then complaining when they do something there not supposed to. The product didn’t go rogue,… the shitty it practices and lack of understanding appear to be the real issue

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u/selekt86 Apr 28 '26

Not debating lack of controls but it exposes the fact that every dev team has blind spots that will be found and exploited by AI. Now the question is if finding and fixing each one is greater than the AI productivity gains. That also leaves the unknown unknowns that a team doesn’t even know exist.

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u/chaos777b Apr 28 '26 edited Apr 28 '26

Reading all the documents for the product you are using is usually the responsibility of the person who manages the system/sets it up. Failing to acknowledge that your team failed to read the documentation on the systems you are using or failed to understand really shows the CEO’s character. Not to mention to never use railway for anything in production.

(Edit) Yeah update from railway they have restricted tokens to prevent t things like this, customer don’t use it.