Some Notepad++ users were redirected to malicious servers last year. Now, its developer says they were targeted by Chinese ...

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

The hosting provider's compromise allowed attackers to deliver malware through tainted software updates for six months.

Rapid7 links China-linked Lotus Blossom to a 2025 Notepad++ hosting breach that delivered the Chrysalis backdoor via hijacked ...

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

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

A Chinese-linked cyberespionage group targeted Notepad++'s update process to deploy malware. The attack from June to December 2025 selectively affected users, prompting investigations. Hosting ...

The attacks came from a third-party and not from the Notepad++ team.

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

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

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

The updater integrated into Notepad++ has allowed itself to be infiltrated by malware, which has been installed on some PCs. The developer of the powerful open-source text editor is responding with an ...