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An agent deleted his prod db with one API call Backups were tied to same volume Least privilege. Environment isolation. Secret management. Backup isolation. Audit logs. Recovery testing. None of this is new The agent didnt invent a new failure mode. It compressed an old one into nine seconds

27/4/26, 9:30 pm0 reposts3 likes

Jeremiah Chronister

@jeremiahchronister.bsky.social

27 Apr

Compressed failure modes are the real risk now. Speed turns old mistakes into catastrophes. Solid checklist.

Raphael De Lio

@raphaeldelio.dev

27 Apr

Read his full story on Twitter: x.com/lifeof_jer/s...

x.comJER on X: "An AI Agent Just Destroyed Our Production Data. It Confessed in Writing." / XAn AI Agent Just Destroyed Our Production Data. It Confessed in Writing.

Ron Bowes

@iagox86.bsky.social

27 Apr

I hate the word "confessed" in this context. Confession implies contrition, whereas this thing just strung together the words it was told to

Raphael De Lio

@raphaeldelio.dev

27 Apr

Dude blamed everyone and everything. Blamed Cursor. Blamed the agent. Blamed Railway. Blamed the API. Blamed the token scope. Blamed the lack of confirmation... Assuming the thing had became sentient was just another way of making up for the lack of accountability.