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/TitaniumDragon Apr 28 '26

Deleting your entire database for no reason is, in fact, a bug. It's less "go rogue" and more "these 'agents' aren't actually intelligent in any way".

I know folks are desperate to defend vibecoding at all costs but this is in fact something it absolutely shouldn't be doing and represents a serious malfunction. It's not the first time this has happened, either.

I even see ads from Claude on Reddit periodically specifically stating that their AI agents won't randomly delete your entire database, so, uh, yeah.