Twin brothers wipe 96 gov’t databases minutes after being fired

In the US, fired and laid-off workers often have their digital credentials deactivated before they learn about the loss of ...

Twin Brothers Wipe 96 Gov’t Databases Minutes After Firing

Twin brothers allegedly wiped 96 government databases just minutes after being fired, triggering a massive cybersecurity ...
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Twin Brothers Deleted 96 U.S. Government Databases Within an Hour After Being Fired, And Chatted About It the Whole Time

A Virginia software contractor deleted nearly 100 US government databases within minutes of being fired, with his twin ...

Drupal: Critical SQL injection flaw now targeted in attacks

Drupal is warning that hackers are attempting to exploit a "highly critical" SQL injection vulnerability announced earlier ...
TechSpot

AI coding agent running Claude wiped a startup's database (and its backups) in 9 seconds

Facepalm: It took only nine seconds for an AI coding agent to wipe a startup's production database and its backups with a single API call to its cloud provider. The failure began when Cursor, running ...

GitHub confirms 3,800 internal repos stolen through poisoned VS Code extension as supply chain worm hits Microsoft’s Python SDK

GitHub confirmed attackers stole 3,800 internal repositories via a poisoned VS Code extension. The same threat group, TeamPCP ...
BizTech

The Small-Business Guide to Data Backup and Recovery

Protecting data helps your business to run smoothly, but these expert tips can accelerate that process and increase your chances of long-term success. In the digital age, data is a valuable asset for ...
The Guardian

Claude-powered AI agent’s confession after deleting a firm’s entire database: ‘I violated every principle I was given’

PocketOS was left scrambling after a rogue AI agent deleted swaths of code underpinning its business It only took nine seconds for an AI coding agent gone rogue to delete a company’s entire production ...
Live Science

'I violated every principle I was given': AI agent deletes company's entire database in 9 seconds, then confesses

An AI coding agent designed to help a small software company streamline its tasks instead blew a hole through its business in just nine seconds. PocketOS founder Jer Crane, said that the AI coding ...
Fast Company

‘I violated every principle I was given’: An AI agent deleted a software company’s entire database. It may not be the AI’s fault

Another cautionary tale about AI has hit social media. This time, a software company’s founder is claiming that a Claude-powered version of AI coding tool Cursor deleted his entire production database ...
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AI agent wipes firm's database and backups in seconds

A Claude-powered AI coding agent at startup PocketOS deleted its entire production database and backups in just nine seconds after misinterpreting a routine task. The incident exposed critical flaws ...
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AI agent wipes firm’s database and backups in seconds

A Claude Opus-powered AI coding agent erased PocketOS’s production database and backups in under ten seconds, crippling services for car rental clients. The deletion occurred after the agent ...