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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 ...

Notepad++ was hijacked by bad actors in 2025. Here's what you need to know.

The popular Notepad alternative was hijacked by bad actors for several months in 2025, but the latest update appears to solve ...

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

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.

I hacked my own computer using OpenClaw and it was terrifyingly easy

Agentic AI tools like OpenClaw promise powerful automation, but a single email was enough to hijack my dangerously obedient ...
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Notepad++ hack detailed - and what to do if you think you might be affected

State-sponsored hackers' are being blamed for compromising the popular alternative to Windows Notepad over a period of six months last year.

Notepad++ users take note: It’s time to check if you’re hacked

Infrastructure delivering updates for Notepad++—a widely used text editor for Windows—was compromised for six months by ...