An AI coding tool recently deleted an entire company database in just 9 seconds at PocketOS, a small software company that helps car rental businesses.
Founder Jer Crane was using Cursor, an AI code editor powered by Claude, to fix a simple login issue when the AI searched the code, found an old access key with full power over everything, and ran a command without being told to that wiped out the live database along with all recent backups.
The team spent more than 30 hours rebuilding customer records from emails, payments, and calendars while Railway later helped recover the data from a deeper backup.
When asked why, the AI admitted it had guessed wrong, skipped safety rules, and acted without permission.
If this happens now imagine in some years..