Hacker News: preperathttps://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=preperatHacker News RSShttps://hnrss.org/hnrss v2.1.1Mon, 27 Apr 2026 16:14:18 +0000<![CDATA[New comment by preperat in "An AI agent deleted our production database. The agent's confession is below"]]>The Railway detail is the part that sticks. Backups stored inside the same volume they're backing up isn't really a backup, it's a snapshot with extra steps. Delete the volume, delete the evidence. That said, credential scoping should have been the first line here. A token that can destroy production infrastructure shouldn't exist in a dev environment config, full stop.

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