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

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 ...

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

The attacks came from a third-party and not from the Notepad++ team.

Notepad++ users faced a serious threat as Chinese state-sponsored hackers compromised update servers for half of 2025, distributing malware named Chrysalis. Targeting organizations with East Asian ...

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

It's believed that, between June and November 10/December 2, 2025 (independent security experts and its hosting provider disagree on the exact timings), a shared hosting server was compromised, ...

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

Notepad++ faced a security breach last year, with reports of updates being compromised by suspected Chinese hackers for a six-month period. The developer has since addressed and fixed the ...

Notepad++ has confirmed it was the victim of a highly targeted and sophisticated cyberattack, most likely conducted by a ...