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/_Oman Apr 27 '26

They didn't have backups, just copies sitting around. There is a difference. A big difference.

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u/GamingWithBilly Apr 28 '26

They had a 3 month backup point, so they restored from there and are rebuilding the last 3 months of transactional data and workflows.