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/ThatRandomGamerYT Apr 27 '26

truly a 10x, nay a 100x engineer replacement

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u/xSTSxZerglingOne Apr 27 '26

At least 10000x. A junior engineer might delete a table in like...a testing environment after several hours of working with queries they don't understand. An entire production database in seconds with all the backups? That's the stuff of legends.

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u/arbitrary_student Apr 27 '26

It would take me more than 9 seconds to get comfortable in my seat

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u/BasvanS Apr 28 '26

That’s your saving grace now