State-sponsored hackers' are being blamed for compromising the popular alternative to Windows Notepad over a period of six months last year.
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 ...
State-backed attackers hijacked Notepad++ update traffic via a hosting provider breach, redirecting users to malicious downloads since June 2025.
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