State-backed attackers hijacked Notepad++ update traffic via a hosting provider breach, redirecting 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 ...
Infrastructure delivering updates for Notepad++—a widely used text editor for Windows—was compromised for six months by ...
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.
Notepad++ has shared additional details on the supply chain attack carried out by Chinese state-sponsored hackers via a ...
A months-long supply chain attack that affected the Notepad++ update process has been linked to a compromise of shared hosting infrastructure rather than a flaw in the software's code. This according ...
The popular Notepad alternative was hijacked by bad actors for several months in 2025, but the latest update appears to solve ...