Rapid7 links China-linked Lotus Blossom to a 2025 Notepad++ hosting breach that delivered the Chrysalis backdoor via hijacked ...
The hosting provider's compromise allowed attackers to deliver malware through tainted software updates for six months.
Infrastructure delivering updates for Notepad++—a widely used text editor for Windows—was compromised for six months by suspected China-state hackers who used their control to deliver backdoored ...
Notepad++ is a favorite of programmers and other power users, but its auto-update function was compromised for months in 2025 ...
The developer of the popular text editor Notepad++ said hackers associated with the Chinese government hijacked its software ...
The popular Notepad alternative was hijacked by bad actors for several months in 2025, but the latest update appears to solve ...
The developer did not specify when they became aware of the attack, but said that “all attacker access was definitively ...
A Chinese-linked cyberespionage group named Lotus Blossom hijacked the update process of Notepad++ to target specific users. Gaining access in June 2025, they maintained control until December that ...
The program is a free text and code editor that's been downloaded millions of times. The compromise began in June and is ...