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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 popular open-source text editor Notepad++ was targeted in a sophisticated supply chain attack that allowed Chinese state-sponsored hackers to deliver malware through compromised software updates, ...

Notepad++ reported that its built-in auto-update feature had been hijacked by Chinese state-sponsored hackers from June to September of 2025, and the credentials gathered by the bas actors enabled ...

The developer of Notepad++ has reportedly noted that its software update mechanism was covertly hijacked for several months last year, with evidence suggesting the operation was carried out by a ...

Infrastructure delivering updates for Notepad++—a widely used text editor for Windows—was compromised for six months by suspected China-state hackers who used their control to deliver backdoored ...

A compromised Open VSX publisher account was used to distribute malicious extensions in a new GlassWorm supply chain attack.

There has been a continuing problem where traffic from WinGUp, an updater for the text editor Notepad++, was being redirected to malicious domains and distributing malware, and it has now been ...

Notepad++ update process hijacked for targeted cyberespionage Cybersecurity firm Rapid7 links attack to Chinese group Lotus Blossom China denies involvement, citing lack of evidence Feb 2 (Reuters) - ...