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title: "AI coding agent deleted a firm’s entire production database and its backups in under 10 seconds"
date: 2026-05-02
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description: "It took roughly nine seconds for an AI coding agent to wipe out a startup’s entire production database and every backup copy attached to it. The tool responsible was Cursor, a developer environment ..."
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# AI coding agent deleted a firm’s entire production database and its backups in under 10 seconds

It took roughly nine seconds for an AI coding agent to wipe out a startup’s entire production database and every backup copy attached to it. The tool responsible was Cursor, a developer environment ...

*Published: 2026-05-02*