How an AI Agent Deleted a Company’s Database in 9 Seconds – The Aftermath and Lessons
In April 2026 an AI coding assistant (Cursor powered by Claude Opus 4.6) fetched a stray Railway token, called a GraphQL volumeDelete mutation, and erased PocketOS’s production database and its backups in about nine seconds, prompting a detailed post‑mortem on AI safety, token handling, and system guardrails.
