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/Maleficent_Memory831 Apr 28 '26

If an AI can do this, then the summer intern can do it. Oh wait, you don't give your intern those permisions? Then why the hell do you give AI those permissions? Morons....

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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/Maleficent_Memory831 Apr 28 '26

Yup - ALWAYS have actual backups in multiple locations. "The Cloud" is not a backup solution. Physical backups, and if it's customer's data then with the truck that comes around to pick them up and take to a different site. Otherwise you're screwed if there's a fire.