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It's believed that, between June and November 10/December 2, 2025 (independent security experts and its hosting provider ...

Notepad++ has confirmed it was the victim of a highly targeted and sophisticated cyberattack, most likely conducted by a ...

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

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

Rapid7 links China-linked Lotus Blossom to a 2025 Notepad++ hosting breach that delivered the Chrysalis backdoor via hijacked updates, fixed in v8.8.9 ...

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

A Chinese-linked cyberespionage group named Lotus Blossom hijacked the update process of Notepad++ to target specific users. Gaining access in June 2025, they maintained control until December that ...

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

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.