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

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

The group targets telecoms, critical infrastructure - all the usual high-value orgs Security researchers have attributed the ...

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

State-backed attackers hijacked Notepad++ update traffic via a hosting provider breach, redirecting users to malicious ...

Notepad++'s updater usually pops up, but users can also prompt it by selecting the "?" dropdown in the taskbar. Christopher ...

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

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

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

Notepad++ says its update system was reportedly hijacked for months in a targeted cyber campaign linked to suspected Chinese ...

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