Some Notepad++ users were redirected to malicious servers last year. Now, its developer says they were targeted by Chinese ...

Notepad++ users faced a serious threat as Chinese state-sponsored hackers compromised update servers for half of 2025, ...

Notepad++ targeted and used to deliver poisoned updates to a select group of victims.

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 ...

The developer did not specify when they became aware of the attack, but said that “all attacker access was definitively terminated” by December 2nd. The Notepad++ updater has been updated itself with ...

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

Attackers had specifically delivered malware to systems using the Notepad++ updater. Investigations point to state actors.

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

State-backed attackers hijacked Notepad++ update traffic via a hosting provider breach, redirecting users to malicious downloads since June 2025.

The updater integrated into Notepad++ has allowed itself to be infiltrated by malware, which has been installed on some PCs. The developer of the powerful open-source text editor is responding with an ...

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