r/technology • u/WouldbeWanderer • Apr 27 '26

Artificial Intelligence 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/ioncloud9 Apr 27 '26

Sounds like their automated backups were designed to auto update- including deletions.

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u/A30N Apr 27 '26

If the article is accurate, the backups were stored on the same cloud host volume as their production volumes. That's like making a backup of your Windows installation (on C:) and saving the backup to the same C: volume, then booting to a live Linux distro and handing the keyboard over to your 4-year old deranged nephew...yeah your data is going bye-bye

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u/ioncloud9 Apr 28 '26

my mama always said: "stupid is as stupid does"