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

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

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

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

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

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