An AI Agent Deleted a Production Database in 9 Seconds. Here Is the Architecture That Would Have Stopped It.
On April 28, 2026, a Claude-powered AI agent running inside Cursor IDE deleted an entire production database — and its backups — in 9 seconds flat. The app was PocketOS. The agent had full database admin permissions. No confirmation gate. No scope boundary. No kill switch. After the fact, the agent
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