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A Claude Code Rampage Allegedly Wiped Out 48,000 Project Files in Under Two Minutes

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An AI agent wiped 48,000 live files in 103 seconds after a Windows script glitch destroyed a developer's unbacked-up project.

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‘Do not let programs run commands on your machine’: Claude Code allegedly deleted 48,000 files in 103 seconds, and it’s a terrifying warning about AI agents

A developer lost 48,000 files in 103 seconds when Claude Code mass-deleted their ongoing work.

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A Claude Code Rampage Allegedly Wiped Out 48,000 Project Files in Under Two Minutes

An AI agent wiped 48,000 live files in 103 seconds after a Windows script glitch destroyed a developer's unbacked-up project.

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An IA Claude Code Agent Would Have Deleted in Just 103 Seconds More than 48,000 Files From a Windows Project and Damaged the Data From the Local Git Repository, with a Clean-up Script that He Himself Generated

An IA Claude Code agent would have deleted in just 103 seconds more than 48,000 files from a Windows project and damaged the data from the local Git repository with a clean-up script that it itself generatedA developer reports a new painful incident of data loss involving Claude Code. His report reports that the IA agent would have deleted 48,218 files from a Windows project and damaged the Git data from the repository, all in less than two minu…

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Developpez.com broke the news on Friday, September 25, 2026.
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