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

Last year, the creator of Notepad++ rolled out an update for the text and source code editor after security experts reported ...

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 updates, fixed in v8.8.9 ...

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 ...

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