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 ...

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

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

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.

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