Infrastructure delivering updates for Notepad++—a widely used text editor for Windows—was compromised for six months by ...
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.
State-backed attackers hijacked Notepad++ update traffic via a hosting provider breach, redirecting users to malicious downloads since June 2025.
The popular Notepad alternative was hijacked by bad actors for several months in 2025, but the latest update appears to solve the issue.