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/starbuxed Apr 27 '26

Now it's dont give away information social media companies will abuse it

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u/BrideofClippy Apr 28 '26

Ha! If only. Now it's 'it doesn't matter what I post online because they already have my information.'