Gaming: Notepad++ Website Was Hijacked By 'malicious Actors' Last Year And...

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Popular open source text editor Notepad++ experienced a significant security breach last year, and now its developer has given an update regarding the attack.

It's believed that, between June and November 10/December 2, 2025 (independent security experts and its hosting provider disagree on the exact timings), a shared hosting server was compromised, allowing attackers to redirect Notepad++ update traffic to malicious servers.

"According to the analysis provided by security experts, the attack involved infrastructure-level compromise that allowed malicious actors to intercept and redirect update traffic destined for notepad-plus-plus.org." says a statement on the now-secure website.

Source: PC Gamer