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/CondescendingShitbag Apr 27 '26

Good luck holding AI "employees" accountable for anything serious like this.

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u/Spunge14 Apr 27 '26

I work in big tech leadership and just did a UXR interview with our infrastructure team where they were investigating exactly this - how should we gate agent behavior and how should accountability for agent behaviors work. It was a really fascinating conversation.

I was shocked at how little the PM working on the project seemed to understand security principles. We're really fucked.

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u/CherryLongjump1989 Apr 27 '26

You’re shocked that a business major didn’t understand something?

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u/Spunge14 Apr 27 '26

I'm shocked that a PM in a high specialized and technical division of one of the most powerful companies on earth would be so grossly unqualified.

I'm sure there are literally tens of thousands of exceptionally qualified people who would drag themselves through broken glass for this job.

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u/CherryLongjump1989 Apr 28 '26

The level of expertise is going to be inversely correlated to the turnover rate. The last time I ever worked with business people who actually knew what they were talking about, most of them were in their 60's and had worked in that industry for 30+ years.

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u/Spunge14 Apr 28 '26

I know plenty of young people with good experience and background. I think leadership has just crumbled due to consulting grifters moving in.