Notepad++, one of Windows' most widely used text editors, has confirmed a major security breach after its update infrastructure was compromised for nearly six months. Developers say suspected China ...

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

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

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Notepad++ released version 8.8.9 in December, which checks digital signatures and certificates before installing any updates.

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