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who@feddit.org to Programming@programming.devEnglish · 17 hours ago

Notepad++ Hijacked by State-Sponsored Hackers

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Notepad++ Hijacked by State-Sponsored Hackers

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who@feddit.org to Programming@programming.devEnglish · 17 hours ago
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Notepad++ Hijacked by State-Sponsored Hackers | Notepad++
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    10 hours ago

    It bothers me that there are so many typos in this post. Doesn’t N++ have spellcheck?

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      It does have ninjas though.

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      Maybe that was in an update.

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        Funny. (Offered since 2015, last update was in 2023)

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          Yeah, not like we are reading about how “According to the analysis provided by the security experts, the attack involved infrastructure-level compromise that allowed malicious actors to intercept and redirect update traffic destined for notepad-plus-plus.org.”

          But maybe the endless need for autoupdates on everything (in this case N++) will be the end of secure software. Ironic.

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            Wait, are you saying that the attacks in 2025 possibly disabled the devs spellcheck?

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              Ha! Unlikely, but having a notepad program have automatic updates by default is just about dumb enough that I could see it.

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                For sure

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