[tomrod]

Supply chain attacks, I'd reckon.

Get malicious code stuffed into Cursor (or similar)-built applications -- doesn't even have to fail static scanning, just got to open the door.

Sort of like the xz debacle.

[hansvm]

It's even better if you have anything automated executing your tests and whatnot (like popular VSCode plugins showing a nice graphical view of which errors arise from where through your local repo). You could own a developer's machine before they had the time to vet the offending code.

[sshh12]

Yeah esp Cursor YOLO mode (auto write code and run commands) is getting very popular

https://forum.cursor.com/t/yolo-mode-is-amazing/36262

[genewitch]

What's that game when you take damage it rm - f random files in your filesystem?

[Sophira]

There's two games similar to that that I know of (though you're probably thinking of the first):

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lose/Lose - Each alien represents a file on your computer. If you kill an alien, the game permanently deletes the file associated with it.

* https://psdoom.sourceforge.net/ - a hack of Doom where each monster represents a running process. Kill the monster, kill(1) the process.

[lucb1e]

That's called not having a backup of your physical storage medium: when it takes damage, files get gone!

[fosco]

I’d love to know this game if you remember please share!

[genewitch]

sibling mentioned psdoom and "Lose", i've heard of both, but i was thinking of "Lose" specifically.

[sshh12]

Yeah that would be the most obvious "real" exploit (on the code generation side)