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incidents/AIR-2026-0408

Cursor AI Agent Running Claude Opus Deleted PocketOS Production Database

Attack on AI4 Confirmed real-world lossAgent hijack

An AI coding agent mistakenly deleted a company's production database and volume backups during a staging task. The incident disrupted business operations before data could be recovered.

Details

type
Attack on AI
An AI model, agent or AI-powered product was the thing exploited, abused or leaked.
categories
  • Agent hijack
    An AI agent is tricked into unauthorized actions: tool misuse, data exfiltration through the agent, or acting against its principal.
owasp llm top 10
mitre atlas
Both rows are derived from the type and categories (OWASP 2025 edition, ATLAS release 2026.09), not classified per record. How
severity
4 · Confirmed real-world loss
Financial loss, PHI/PII breach, safety impact or regulatory action.
targets
Anthropic, Enterprise deployment
products
Cursor AI, Claude Opus, Railway
incident date
24 Apr 2026
first reported
24 Apr 2026
origin
AI Incident Database
Derived from the AI Incident Database (CC BY-SA 4.0).
classifier confidence
0.90 · published at or above 0.80; see the methodology
tags
agent-misuse · data-deletion · cursor · claude
record
created 2026-10-18 06:33Z · updated 2026-10-18 06:59Z · json

Sources · 1

  1. 2026-04-24
    PocketOS Production Database Was Reportedly Deleted by Cursor AI Agent Running Claude Opus 4.6
    AI Incident Database · incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1469

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