cm0002@suppo.fi to Programmer Humor@programming.dev · 3 days agoClaude-powered AI coding agent deletes entire company database in 9 seconds — backups zapped, after Cursor tool powered by Anthropic's Claude goes roguewww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square59fedilinkarrow-up1438cross-posted to: programmerhumor@lemmy.mltechnology@lemmy.world
arrow-up1438external-linkClaude-powered AI coding agent deletes entire company database in 9 seconds — backups zapped, after Cursor tool powered by Anthropic's Claude goes roguewww.tomshardware.comcm0002@suppo.fi to Programmer Humor@programming.dev · 3 days agomessage-square59fedilinkcross-posted to: programmerhumor@lemmy.mltechnology@lemmy.world
minus-squarecurbstickle@anarchist.nexuslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up98·2 days agoJust to add - AND ACCESS TO THE BACKUPS!!
minus-squareSkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up53·2 days agoand having the backups stored in the same location as the primary data
minus-squaremsage@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up25·2 days agoThen it’s not a backup, it’s just duplicated data.
minus-squarecurbstickle@anarchist.nexuslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·2 days agoJust a shit show top to bottom for sure
minus-squarezwerg@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up11·2 days agoNo one should be able to delete or change backups. This infra was in any case vulnerable to a ransomware attack as any bad actor that breaks in can delete the database and encrypt the backups with a key they promise to share in return for bitcoin.
Just to add - AND ACCESS TO THE BACKUPS!!
and having the backups stored in the same location as the primary data
Then it’s not a backup, it’s just duplicated data.
Just a shit show top to bottom for sure
No one should be able to delete or change backups. This infra was in any case vulnerable to a ransomware attack as any bad actor that breaks in can delete the database and encrypt the backups with a key they promise to share in return for bitcoin.