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Notepad++ declares hardened update process 'effectively unexploitable'

Miscreants will need to find another avenue for malware shenanigans Notepad++ has continued beefing up security with a ...
PCMag on MSN

Chinese hackers hit Notepad++ to serve malicious update

The program is a free text and code editor that's been downloaded millions of times. The compromise began in June and is likely to have involved a Chinese state-sponsored group.
CSO Online

Notepad++ author says fixes make update mechanism ‘effectively unexploitable’

The recently compromised update mechanism for the popular open source text editor Notepad ++ has been hardened so it’s now ‘effectively unexploitable’, says the application’s author.
CPO Magazine

Chinese Hackers Compromised Notepad++ Software Updates For Nearly Half a Year, But Only “Select” Targets Breached

Security researchers believe that Chinese hackers are to blame for the attack in part because of the "selective" nature of ...
HotHardware

Notepad++ Confirms Hackers Hijacked Update Infrastructure To Push Malware

Notepad++ reported that its built-in auto-update feature had been hijacked by Chinese state-sponsored hackers from June to September of 2025, and the credentials gathered by the bas actors enabled ...