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The UK government implored businesses Tuesday to prioritise cyber security, as major incidents targeting them hit record levels over the last year and officials warned of the threat from Chinese and Russian hackers.

A recent spate of hacks has highlighted the chaos that can ensue when hackers take computer systems down.

Qantas said in July that hackers had targeted one of its customer contact centres, breaching a computer system used by a third party.

Many organisations in the country are not prepared for attacks and are willing to pay ransoms, which makes them attractive to hackers, he added.

The platform, which has more than 200 million users worldwide, says hackers had targeted a firm that helped to verify the ages of its users but the Discord platform itself was not breached.