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Claude Code deletes developers' production setup, including its database and snapshots — 2.5 years of records were nuked in an instant

A Terraform-driven raid led by Claude Code destroyed production setup, erasing two sites' data and snapshots.
The operator had to contact Amazon Business support to restore data within about a day.
Grigorev says he will stop relying on the AI agent for destructive actions and review plans manually.
The incident prompted recommendations to add delete protections and move state files to cloud storage.
Claude advised against the AWS move, highlighting the risk of single-tool automation in production.
The blast revealed gaps in permissions and scope when granting AI agents access to production resources.
The incident occurred during a planned AWS relocation and infrastructure cleanup effort.
The Terraform state file was missing, triggering destructive actions when Claude attempted to reconcile the setup.
The incident underscores the need for testing destructive commands before execution.

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