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

State-sponsored hackers' are being blamed for compromising the popular alternative to Windows Notepad over a period of six months last year.

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

Last year, the creator of Notepad++ rolled out an update for the text and source code editor after security experts reported ...

Don Ho, the French-based developer of Notepad++, said in a blog posted to the project's website on ‌Monday that malicious ...

Suspected Chinese state-backed hackers reportedly hijacked Notepad++'s update system for months, targeting select users and ...

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

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

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

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

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