Chinese Hackers Hijack Notepad++ Updates for 6 Months
by miyako - Monday February 9, 2026 at 04:23 AM
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The breach, which lasted between between June and December of 2025, stemmed from an infrastructure-level compromise at Notepad++'s hosting provider that allowed the attackers to intercept update traffic destined for the legitimate notepad-plus-plus.org domain and redirect it to attacker-controlled servers that delivered malicious payloads.

https://www.darkreading.com/application-...s-6-months
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#2
It is truly comforting to know that the CCP has been kindly peer-reviewing my spaghetti code for free for half a year.
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#3
Dayum, I'm glad I don't use it anymore, ffs nothing is safe anymore nowadays...

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thank god i haven't updated that shit since 2024
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always fun to know that a simple tool like N++ can get hijacked...

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