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Notepad++ Users, You May Have Been Hacked by China_WIRED:8CC027CF7D87CB25D8EFF4F52A366140

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Suspected Chinese state-backed hackers hijacked the Notepadd++ update infrastructure to deliver backdoored version of the popular free source code editor and note-taking app for Windows.
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ID WIRED:8CC027CF7D87CB25D8EFF4F52A366140
Published Feb 4, 2026 at 19:52

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