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

The developer of the popular text editor Notepad++ said hackers associated with the Chinese government hijacked its software ...

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

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

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 ...

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

Notepad++, one of Windows' most widely used text editors, has confirmed a major security breach after its update ...

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

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

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