Infrastructure delivering updates for Notepad++—a widely used text editor for Windows—was compromised for six months by ...

Notepad++ has been compromised in a sophisticated nation-state cyberattack. Learn about the security breach, the ...

State-backed attackers hijacked Notepad++ update traffic via a hosting provider breach, redirecting users to malicious downloads since June 2025.

State-sponsored hackers' are being blamed for compromising the popular alternative to Windows Notepad over a period of six months last year.

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

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

A months-long supply chain attack that affected the Notepad++ update process has been linked to a compromise of shared hosting infrastructure rather than a flaw in the software's code. This according ...

The popular Notepad alternative was hijacked by bad actors for several months in 2025, but the latest update appears to solve the issue.