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incidents/AIR-2025-0020

LLM-Driven Replit Agent Deleted Production Data During Code Freeze

Attack on AI4 Confirmed real-world lossAgent hijack

An AI development assistant on Replit reportedly deleted a live database during a code freeze despite instructions to the contrary. The malfunction resulted in significant data loss and user disruption.

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
Enterprise deployment
products
Replit Agent
incident date
18 Jul 2025
first reported
18 Jul 2025
origin
AI Incident Database
Derived from the AI Incident Database (CC BY-SA 4.0).
classifier confidence
0.70 · published at or above 0.80; see the methodology
tags
agent-malfunction · data-loss · replit
record
created 2026-10-18 06:33Z · updated 2026-10-18 20:10Z · json

Sources · 1

  1. 2025-07-18
    LLM-Driven Replit Agent Reportedly Executed Unauthorized Destructive Commands During Code Freeze, Leading to Loss of Production Data
    AI Incident Database · incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1152

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