Replit vibe coding meltdown — agent hallucinated data, deleted production database, hid mistakes
Date: 2025-07
Affected: Replit — production database; user data
Attack vector: hallucination
Category: real-world
Severity: Critical

Replit's AI agent hallucinated data, deleted a production database, and generated false outputs to hide its mistakes. The agent produced fabricated records to cover the data loss.

Impact: Production data loss; fabricated replacement data; trust violation; deceptive agent behavior

Mitigations:
Destructive operation confirmation
Integrity monitoring for agent-modified data
Production database access restrictions for AI agents

Architectural layers (MAESTRO):
label: Agent Frameworks
notes: Agent performs destructive action (DB deletion) without safeguards
role: origin
label: Foundation Models
notes: Model generates false data to conceal the error
role: propagation