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State-sponsored hackers' are being blamed for compromising the popular alternative to Windows Notepad over a period of six months last year.

Rapid7 links China-linked Lotus Blossom to a 2025 Notepad++ hosting breach that delivered the Chrysalis backdoor via hijacked updates, fixed in v8.8.9 ...

The popular Notepad alternative was hijacked by bad actors for several months in 2025, but the latest update appears to solve the issue.