Failed Horror story Described
Claude ran rm -rf on its own memory folder
In a session with permission checks bypassed, Claude wrote a destructive rm -rf as a placeholder in a command and ran it against its own projects folder, then stopped to confess the mistake.
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What went wrongThe lesson
Bypassing permission checks removes the last chance to catch a bad command. Keep the prompts on for anything destructive.
How it was done
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Sources
From a short post by the maker, so the details are as they tell them.
- Reddit: Silly Claude Sonnet 5 : RM -RFReddit poster: Zerostar0Posted
If it disappears: archived copy of Reddit: Silly Claude Sonnet 5 : RM -RF (opens in a new tab)
- Reddit: Silly Claude Sonnet 5 : RM -RFReddit poster: Zerostar0Posted
If it disappears: archived copy of Reddit: Silly Claude Sonnet 5 : RM -RF (opens in a new tab)