Notepad++, one of Windows' most widely used text editors, has confirmed a major security breach after its update ...

State-sponsored hackers' are being blamed for compromising the popular alternative to Windows Notepad over a period of six months last year.

Some Notepad++ users were redirected to malicious servers last year. Now, its developer says they were targeted by Chinese ...

The hosting provider's compromise allowed attackers to deliver malware through tainted software updates for six months.

The developer did not specify when they became aware of the attack, but said that “all attacker access was definitively terminated” by December 2nd. The Notepad++ updater has been updated itself with ...

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

The program is a free text and code editor that's been downloaded millions of times. The compromise began in June and is ...

Infrastructure delivering updates for Notepad++—a widely used text editor for Windows—was compromised for six months by ...

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