Kathmandu, Aug. 6 -- At least 135 official government email addresses under the primary 'nepal.gov.np' domain have been compromised in various data breaches, exposing sensitive state records and triggering a wave of high-profile phishing scams across the country.

The breach was revealed after Nepal officially joined Have I Been Pwned, a global web portal that monitors domain security and tracks credential leaks. According to the National Cyber Security Centre, Nepal became the 47th government entity worldwide to integrate with the monitoring system, enabling state authorities to track exactly when and where official credentials are exposed.

Initial findings from the portal confirmed that compromised email accounts belonged to civil serv...