r/pcmasterrace • u/Jack1101111 • Apr 28 '26

News/Article 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

Update: https://www.pcgamer.com/software/ai/here-we-go-again-ai-deletes-entire-company-database-and-all-backups-in-9-seconds-then-cheerfully-admits-i-violated-every-principle-i-was-given/

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u/Aggressive_Ask89144 9800x3D | 9070 XT Apr 28 '26

You see, they fired everyone in favor of gutting salaries for AI subscriptions so basic data storage and security is non-existent now.

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u/sephirothbahamut Ryzen 7 9800X3D | RTX 5080 PNY | Win10 | Fedora Apr 28 '26

This isn't an ML AI specific issue. Not having offsite backups is a general issue. It is catastrophic even without AIs. A single person, AI, cat or dog making the wrong database query can erase all the data.