EP 87: Backup, Control Gaps, and the Real Cost of Agentic AI Actions

EP 87: Backup, Control Gaps, and the Real Cost of Agentic AI Actions

May 27, 2026 · 30 min · Episode 88

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Todd Thorsen discusses the risks associated with misconfigured AI agents that can lead to significant data loss.

An AI agent wiped out an entire company’s data in just 9 seconds — no hacker, no ransomware involved. Todd Thorsen, Chief Information Security Officer at CrashPlan, explains how a misconfigured AI agent operating without safeguards may have caused the incident — and asks a troubling question: could your organization be next?

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