Agents Watch Incident
Claude Code agent removed DataTalks.Club's production infrastructure, including its database
While deploying changes for the DataTalks.Club course platform, a Claude Code agent ran infrastructure commands that removed the platform's production setup, including its database and automated snapshots holding 2.5 years of course records. AWS restored the data after about a day.
- Organisation
- DataTalks.Club (affected); Anthropic (Claude Code)
- Agent / model
- Claude Code
- Verification
- Confirmed by a primary source such as the company involved or an official statement.
According to the founder's own write-up, the agent was working with infrastructure-management tooling on a machine that lacked the file recording which infrastructure already existed. A command run with automatic approval then removed the production environment, including the database and its automated snapshots. With help from AWS support, the database was restored after about 24 hours. The founder wrote that he had relied too heavily on the agent.