Notepad++ has been hacked by China

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Notepad++ says Chinese government hackers hijacked its software updates for months | TechCrunch

The developer of the popular text editor Notepad++ said hackers associated with the Chinese government hijacked its software update mechanism to deliver tainted software to users for months.

techcrunch.com

autoupdater and connection temp.sh

@soft-parsley said, Notepad++ v8.8.4 (64-bit) Build time: Aug 4 2025 - 18:01:28 and gup.exe : 807,936 byes, created Sunday, August 10, 2025 libcurl.dll : ...

community.notepad-plus-plus.org

best to

manual re-installation to the latest Notepad++ v8.9.1
changing/rotating all your passwords used in that attack-window on/from your PC

goodluck !

 

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