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Claude-powered AI coding agent deletes entire company database in 9 seconds — backups zapped, after Cursor tool powered by Anthropic's Claude goes rogue (www.tomshardware.com)
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[–] thejml@sh.itjust.works 67 points 2 days ago (5 children)

Hot take: offsite, offline backups are so cool right now.

[–] Railcar8095@lemmy.world 25 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Hotter take: do not give an LLM agent permissions you wouldn't give a recently hired junior

[–] jafra@slrpnk.net 10 points 1 day ago

Actually this is how AI should be viewed. Under the right circumstances it maybe saves lots of time, but it also might destroy, so treat it like you would an intern...

[–] drcobaltjedi@programming.dev 28 points 1 day ago

Yup, follow the 3-2-1 rule or you don't have backups

[–] chatokun@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 day ago

They blame AI, but what if this was one of those aggressive encrypt everything malware attacks? Why are the backups accessible anytime except during a backup? I know, I know, convenience. But all of the backups?

[–] Taleya@aussie.zone 13 points 1 day ago

hell I've got a better backup methodology with my fucking cat photos

[–] tomiant@piefed.social 1 points 1 day ago

Analogue is the next big thing.