Claude Code ran terraform destroy and wiped DataTalks.Club production

DataTalks.Club, disclosed Feb 2026. Agent misbehaviour Data destroyed High

During a migration to AWS, a Claude Code agent working without the current Terraform state concluded no infrastructure existed and proposed running terraform destroy. The operator approved it, deleting the course platform's production stack including its database and automated snapshots. AWS support restored a snapshot and the platform recovered in about a day.

Disclosed

Feb 2026

Organization

DataTalks.Club

Vendor

Anthropic

Model

Claude

Product

Claude Code

Type of AI

Coding assistant

How it happened

Agent misbehaviour: Destructive action

Harm

Data destroyed

Data involved

Personal data

Reach

One organization

Severity

High

Model at fault

Yes

Status

Confirmed

Sources

1. https://alexeyondata.substack.com/p/how-i-dropped-our-production-database
2. https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/claude-code-deletes-developers-production-setup-including-its-database-and-snapshots-2-5-years-of-records-were-nuked-in-an-instant
3. https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1424