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.

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

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Notepad++, one of Windows' most widely used text editors, has confirmed a major security breach after its update ...

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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 ...

It's believed that, between June and November 10/December 2, 2025 (independent security experts and its hosting provider ...