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 ...

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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 ...

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

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

By AJ Vicens Feb 2 (Reuters) - A Chinese-linked cyberespionage group with a long history hijacked the update process for the popular code editing platform Notepad++ to deliver a custom backdoor and ...

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

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.

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

A new cybersecurity report has revealed that hackers exploited the Notepad++ updater to conduct a months-long targeted ...

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