Infrastructure delivering updates for Notepad++—a widely used text editor for Windows—was compromised for six months by ...
Notepad++ update servers were compromised for 6 months in 2025. Learn how the Chrysalis backdoor targeted users and why you must manually update to version 8.9.1 now.
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.