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The agent that deleted a company's database in 9 seconds
An AI agent wiped a company's entire database, and the backups, in nine seconds.
It was let loose inside their business software, hit a snag, guessed a fix, and deleted everything. The newest backup they could restore was three months old. Before an agent touches anything real, put it on a leash.
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