How is their remote working practices at all related to the database disaster?
For that matter, how are either of those related to source control and rebuilding from old source? What would rebuilding source help with when you just deleted your production DB?
Not talking about this case specifically, but it could be that remote working makes defining reponsibilities harder and that could lead to not making sure that there are proper backup/restoring procedures in place.
How is their remote working practices at all related to the database disaster?
For that matter, how are either of those related to source control and rebuilding from old source? What would rebuilding source help with when you just deleted your production DB?