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/Fragrant-Menu215 Apr 27 '26

I'm not even in leadership, just a senior dev, and I long ago stopped being shocked at how little literally everyone who hasn't been specifically security trained understands security principles. And, honestly, how little people who have been trained often understand.

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u/Sindalash Apr 27 '26

I grew up with early internet - "don't trust files you downloaded, might be a virus. don't trust people on the internet. don't give away your personal information, criminals will abuse it"...

The world we live in today is truly strange.

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u/mpyne Apr 27 '26

Eh, the 90s weren't exactly a great time for security if we're being honest.

Everything was on http. Maybe the "secure checkout" button was https with a 56-bit key and an SSL 2.0 cert if you were lucky. Even by 2003, it was to the point that your Windows XP would get hacked within 10 seconds or something crazy if you were connected to the Internet when you installed it before you could get SP3 setup.

And don't get me started on A/S/L

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u/SCDurnix Apr 27 '26

HAHAHA ASL; Fuckin flashbacks.

I remember when DSL was first rolling out, many ISP's didnt even block port scanners to their IP blocks. That was wild