Thanks Eric.  The cmd is "TASK MANAGER" - i don't know how to figure out what that means, specifically, except I'm guessing it's part of the db restore that...

The object drop events are logged in the default trace, and from there you can get date/time, session login name, etc.

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/database-engine/configure-windows/default-trace-enabled-server-configuration-option

Whatever service (I'm guessing something like monitoring, backup, or replication) is holding locks on the database, perhaps you can temporarily stop that service.

When job hunting, I'm point blank with potential employers or recruiters about what my current salary is. The way I see it, if either party can't match the expectations of...

"... I do carry electronics, usually a laptop, though sometimes two, along with the various supporting plugs and wires for charging it and my mobile. There was a time when...

We use  Atlassian hosted Bitbucket - locked away behind encrypted repositories...

Canada has something similar.

".. Information on all public sector employees who were paid $100,000 or more in 2018 and are subject to the Public Sector Salary Disclosure Act .."

https://www.ontario.ca/page/public-sector-salary-disclosure-2018-all-sectors-and-seconded-employees

If you are an employee of the US federal government, then your salary history is public information.

Search Federal Employee Salaries

https://www.fedsdatacenter.com

7,040,119 entries

... This website makes this information on you available for anyone to see. They'll take it down, for  fee. I don't think that's at all right. I've not...

"Who wants their boss to come after reading this page, with your organization and fine listed? I'm guessing most of us would prefer to not be on that page, or...

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Another angle is that maybe the ransomware attack isn't purely the result of bad luck, brilliant hacker engineering, or incompetence on the part of the organization. Maybe someone inside the...

And then what... - Hire a replacement DBA or engineer who doesn't open email attachments?

An add campaign email may be flagged as junk if enough users

...

This is already being done. There are things a system would spot, and there are things that a...

The future of database applications is cloud hosting, virtualization, and horizontal scaling.

It's kind of like debating whether to invest $,$$$ in a riding lawnmower, hoping it will cut your weekly...

I seems to me that, if you can train employees how to spot a phishing email, then a anti-malware scanning product can also identify phishing emails, even if an email...