Data Breach Report 2024. Globally, the average data breach cost climbed for a fourth. Vulnerability exploitation surged by nearly 3x (180%) last year.ransomware and the meteoric rise of extortion techniques accounted.

Canadian organizations pay an average cost of ca$6.32 million per data breach. In february 2024, a data breach at surveylama, a popular survey rewards platform, exposed the personal information of over 4.4 million users.