Notepad++ is a favorite of programmers and other power users, but its auto-update function was compromised for months in 2025 ...

The developer did not specify when they became aware of the attack, but said that “all attacker access was definitively ...

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.

By AJ Vicens Feb 2 (Reuters) - A Chinese-linked cyberespionage group with a long history hijacked the update process for the popular code editing platform Notepad++ to deliver a custom backdoor and ...

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