The same report mentions that extortion schemes were used in more than a quarter of the attacks, at an average cost of more than 7 million Canadian dollars per incident, an “absolute record” according to IBM. For cybersecurity specialist Steve Waterhouse, the situation has “continued to deteriorate” in recent years, and the number of reported incidents remains underestimated. For him, “what we saw in 2022, with the information leak, is above all a loss of competitiveness. For example, when Bombardier was tricked, [the company] lost the advantage in developing the next electric Ski-Doo, says the specialist. (...) That means that they may not be the ones who are going to put it on the market first.”