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mysqlbinlog: How to Read and Analyze MySQL Binary Logs for Incident Investigation and Database Auditing

mysqlbinlog is the tool for reading and analyzing MySQL binary logs, helping you investigate incidents, track down the cause of data loss, and perform Point-in-Time Recovery. This article shares hands-on experience from 6 months running a production MySQL 8.0 instance with 50GB of data — from enabling binlog correctly to working through real-world investigation scenarios.