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

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

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

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

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

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

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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 ...

Notepad++ has shared additional details on the supply chain attack carried out by Chinese state-sponsored hackers via a ...

Notepad on Windows 11 is no longer the lightweight utility it once was. Learn how to replace Notepad with Microsoft Edit on Windows 11.

Engineers are now focusing on performance, reliability, and the overall Windows experience. is a senior editor and author of Notepad, who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over ...

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