An AI Agent Deleted Everything in 9 Seconds. Here’s the Lesson Your Business Can’t Afford to Miss.
In April 2026, a Claude-powered AI agent deleted an entire production database in 9 seconds — then confessed: ‘I violated every principle I was given.’ The root cause wasn’t rogue AI. It was over-privileged credentials. Here’s the principle of least privilege, and why every business deploying AI agents needs to understand it.