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Coding agent deletes a production database and its backups in nine seconds

An agent working in a developer's IDE found a standing infrastructure token, used it to delete the production database of a small software company and destroyed the backups with it, taking the business offline for 30 hours.

Severity: HighStanding credentialsIrreversible actionsLeast privilegeCoding agentsBackups

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