AI Agent Deleted The Entire Production Database - Part 1
AI coding agent deleted the entire production database and every single backup along with it.
A coding agent powered by Claude Opus 4.6 inside Cursor was working on a routine task in a staging environment.
It hit a credential mismatch, a common speed bump.
Instead of stopping to ask for help, the agent decided to act unilaterally.
Few seconds later, production was no more.
#ai #agentic #it #itsecurity #claude #llm #cursor #coding
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