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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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[–] SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de 53 points 1 day ago (2 children)

and having the backups stored in the same location as the primary data

[–] msage@programming.dev 26 points 1 day ago

Then it's not a backup, it's just duplicated data.

[–] curbstickle@anarchist.nexus 15 points 1 day ago

Just a shit show top to bottom for sure