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Notepad++ Official Update Mechanism Hijacked to Deliver Malware to Select Users - Stanley - Feb 10, 2026 Notepad++ Official Update Mechanism Hijacked to Deliver Malware to Select Users The maintainer of Notepad++ has revealed that state-sponsored attackers hijacked the utility's update mechanism to redirect update traffic to malicious servers instead. "The attack involved [an] infrastructure-level compromise that allowed malicious actors to intercept and redirect update traffic destined for notepad-plus-plus.org," developer Don Ho said. "The compromise occurred at the hosting https://thehackernews.com/2026/02/notepad-official-update-mechanism.html RE: Notepad++ Official Update Mechanism Hijacked to Deliver Malware to Select Users - DramaKing - Feb 10, 2026 This article was posted 8 days ago.