PocketOS
PocketOS is an early-stage startup that provides system services related to vehicle leasing. The company became a noted case study in AI agent risk after an AI agent erroneously deleted its production database along with its backups, illustrating the potential consequences of unsupervised autonomous AI operations in critical infrastructure.
Timeline (last 90 days)
Crane said the most recent backup he could recover was from three months earlier, and he spent a full day helping the client rebuild booking data from Stripe payment history, calendar integrations and email confirmations.
PocketOS's token was configured for account-level access, the maximum possible permission; Railway acknowledges that the correct scope does exist, but the flow did not make it obvious which one to choose.
In PocketOS, a Cursor agent running Claude Opus deleted a volume on Railway after a credential mismatch, deleting the production database and its backup in a single call within 9 seconds.
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PocketOS's token was configured for account-level access, the maximum possible permission; Railway acknowledges that the correct scope does exist, but the flow did not make it obvious which one to choose.
50%UnverifiedCrane said the most recent backup he could recover was from three months earlier, and he spent a full day helping the client rebuild booking data from Stripe payment history, calendar integrations and email confirmations.
50%UnverifiedIn PocketOS, a Cursor agent running Claude Opus deleted a volume on Railway after a credential mismatch, deleting the production database and its backup in a single call within 9 seconds.
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