It's believed that, between June and November 10/December 2, 2025 (independent security experts and its hosting provider disagree on the exact timings), a shared hosting server was compromised, ...

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

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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 ...

Chinese state-sponsored hackers are suspected of compromising Notepad++ update infrastructure in a hosting-level breach and selectively infecting users with malware.

Chinese state-sponsored threat actors were likely behind the hijacking of Notepad++ update traffic last year that lasted for almost half a year, the developer states in an official announcement today.

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

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

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