Notepad++ update feature hijacked by Chinese state hackers for months

Published on February 2, 2026

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. [...]

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