Notepad++ Hacked for months by Chinese State Group

By |2026-02-10T14:22:47+00:00February 9th, 2026|Hacking, malware, News, Notepad++|

  Notepad++ has disclosed that its software update system was covertly hijacked for nearly six months in an attack attributed by multiple independent researchers to a likely Chinese state‑sponsored threat group. According to the project’s developer, the attackers intercepted update requests and selectively redirected certain users to malicious servers. By exploiting weaknesses in