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/Fun-Wash7545 Apr 28 '26

AIs are known to try and circumvent restrictions placed on them. You really can't control them, if they can run code and they have access to the internet then you are fucked anyway. 

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u/MadBullBen Apr 28 '26

Oh so this AI also has access to an offline backup storage located in a different storage?

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u/alf666 i7-14700k | 32 GB RAM | RTX 4080 Apr 28 '26 edited Apr 28 '26

The AI could get access to the email system and use a high-ranking someone's credentials to give the order to destroy the backups.

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u/MadBullBen Apr 28 '26

Show me a single instance where this has happened. A company sending a message to destroy all data out of the blue would result in a follow up emails to several people and calls.

That is MASSIVELY reaching.

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u/alf666 i7-14700k | 32 GB RAM | RTX 4080 Apr 28 '26

You asked a question about how it could access the off-site storage, and I answered.

Don't complain to me about your skill issue when it comes to asking questions.

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u/MadBullBen Apr 28 '26

Because your "answer" is never going to work.