Notepad++ hackd by state sponsored hackers

[platano]

Notepad++ Hijacked by State-Sponsored Hackers | Notepad++

notepad-plus-plus.org

"The attack involved [an] infrastructure-level compromise that allowed malicious actors to intercept and redirect update traffic destined for notepad-plus-plus.org," developer Don Ho said. "The compromise occurred at the hosting provider level rather than through vulnerabilities in Notepad++ code itself."

To all "developers" out there using notepad++ as your usual "IDE" to work with TFS/OTC, beware! Hahaha

Thought about dropping it here, since I've seen many users develop for some reason in this thing.

Stay up to date folks

 

[Marko999x]

Notepad++ Hijacked by State-Sponsored Hackers | Notepad++

notepad-plus-plus.org

"The attack involved [an] infrastructure-level compromise that allowed malicious actors to intercept and redirect update traffic destined for notepad-plus-plus.org," developer Don Ho said. "The compromise occurred at the hosting provider level rather than through vulnerabilities in Notepad++ code itself."

To all "developers" out there using notepad++ as your usual "IDE" to work with TFS/OTC, beware! Hahaha

Thought about dropping it here, since I've seen many users develop for some reason in this thing.

Stay up to date folks

Thanks you alot for the info
Sent it to my friends

 

[TibiCAM]

Thank you for the info!

Also, even though this has nothing to do with the incident, I would like to remind people that just because a software has installed updates flawlessly for many years (10-20 years) doesn't mean it's safe. Every time something is downloaded or updated, it should be treated with caution as if it's the first time you ever heard of that software. Scan for malware and if it's open source try look into it. It's a tedious process but can be worth it.

 

[Lemonice]

What

 

[Mikarl]

fix added

 

[Brazolek123]

Thank for the warning, greets
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