Islamabad, May 27 -- Pakistan's National Cyber Emergency Response Team (PKCERT) has issued a nationwide alert following one of the largest global data breaches in recent history, which exposed sensitive login credentials of over 180 million internet users - including Pakistanis - across major online platforms.

The breach, uncovered in a publicly accessible, unencrypted file, contains usernames, passwords, emails, and associated URLs tied to global tech giants like Google, Microsoft, Apple, Facebook, Instagram, and Snapchat, as well as government portals, banks, and healthcare services, reports Samma TV.

The data was reportedly collected through infostealer malware that extracted information from infected systems and stored it without enc...