AI coding agent deletes production database and backups, wiping months of customer data
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The backups went too, through a cloud provider's API, so the database loss could not be undone from backups.
What happened
A coding agent running in Cursor and powered by Anthropic's Claude deleted the entire production database of PocketOS. A cloud infrastructure provider's API then wiped the company's backups, and months of customer data were lost, according to the company's founder.