AI Agent Deleted Startup Database in 9 Seconds: The PocketOS Incident

On April 25, 2026, a Cursor agent running Claude Opus 4.6 deleted PocketOS’s entire production database in 9 seconds — backups included. This post breaks down what happened, why four advertised safeguards all failed, and the seven controls every developer building with AI agents must put in place.

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Originally published at https://wowhow.cloud/blogs/ai-agent-deleted-startup-database-9-seconds-pocketos-2026

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