The developer did not specify when they became aware of the attack, but said that “all attacker access was definitively ...

State-backed attackers hijacked Notepad++ update traffic via a hosting provider breach, redirecting users to malicious ...

Rapid7 links China-linked Lotus Blossom to a 2025 Notepad++ hosting breach that delivered the Chrysalis backdoor via hijacked ...

Notepad++ is a favorite of programmers and other power users, but its auto-update function was compromised for months in 2025 ...

The developer of the popular text editor Notepad++ said hackers associated with the Chinese government hijacked its software ...

Chinese state-sponsored threat actors were likely behind the hijacking of Notepad++ update traffic last year that lasted for almost half a year, the developer states in an official announcement today.

The popular Notepad alternative was hijacked by bad actors for several months in 2025, but the latest update appears to solve ...