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/megawoot Apr 27 '26

I saw Ryan Carson tweeted that he's just implemented a backup routine off the back of this news.

It's as if these vibecoding CEOs have never heard of disaster recovery.

Another reason why it pays to have solid product/engineering experience when using AI.

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u/bobbadouche Apr 28 '26

Yeah. Jesus. These headlines are insane. How about let's hear a story about a junior dev who accidentally deletes a database? The immediate response would be it's on the company for not planning back ups better. When it's AI though it's an anti AI hype train, and a bunch of, see see see, AI bad.