Infrastructure delivering updates for Notepad++—a widely used text editor for Windows—was compromised for six months by suspected China-state hackers who used their control to deliver backdoored ...

Rapid7 dropped a write-up on the Notepad++ update-chain abuse and - finally - it comes with real IOCs - update.exe downloaded ...

A software update mechanism for the popular text editor Notepad++ was hijacked by suspected Chinese state-sponsored hackers, allowing them to silently redirect some users to malicious update servers, ...

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

Notepad++ has been compromised in a sophisticated nation-state cyberattack. Learn about the security breach, the ...

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

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

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 ...

Today, in a post titled "Notepad++ Hijacked by State-Sponsored Hackers," Notepad++ confirmed the app had fallen victim to ...

State-sponsored threat actors compromised the popular code editor's hosting provider to redirect targeted users to malicious ...

Suspected Chinese state-backed hackers reportedly hijacked Notepad++'s update system for months, targeting select users and redirecting them to malicious servers.