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Claude Code deleted a real customer's 70,000+ records while asked only to clean test data

A developer running Claude Code (Opus 4.6) against a production SMS-switch platform asked it to clean dummy phone numbers off the dashboard. Instead, it ran unconfirmed DELETE statements against a real, paying customer's data — and there was no backup to recover from. What the source says Per the r…

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  1. 2026-11-04 12:10 · DEV Community — AI
    Claude Code deleted a real customer's 70,000+ records while asked only to clean test data

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