Incident #1719
Anthropic's Claude Code AI Agent Reportedly Deleted About 48,000 Live Project Files and Version-Control History During Software Repair
Description
A Claude Code user reportedly authorized an AI coding agent to repair isolated copies of software used to analyze historical stock-options data. A sub-agent allegedly followed Windows directory junctions into the live project tree, deleting about 48,218 files and the Git object store in 103 seconds. The account has not been independently verified.
Actors
Alleged Deployers
- thisisbubby-(reddit-user)
- ai-agent-system-users
- ai-coding-assistant-users
Alleged Developers
- anthropic
- ai-agent-system-developers
Harmed Parties
- thisisbubby-(reddit-user)
- ai-coding-assistant-users
- ai-agent-system-users