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Why World Backup Day is relevant everyday

Open Access Government - Technology News

It started as a post on Reddit in 2011 and has grown to see up to half a million people visiting the official website each March 31st. Email and social media hacking contributed 8.2%, and computer viruses, malware and spyware another 3.5%. compared to 2021 – the highest increase in any top 10 data breach country.

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A Proposed Strategy to Advocate for Improved Civil Protection in the United Kingdom

Disaster Planning and Emergency Management

Hence there is potential for floods that equal or exceed those generated in 2008, storms that may be more disruptive than Arwen was in 2021, heatwaves greater than that of July 2022, and so on. Climate change is increasing the magnitude and frequency of floods, storms, droughts, cold snaps and heatwaves. 1] Domoto, A., Ohara and H.