Beep@lemmus.org to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agoNotepad++ Hijacked by State-Sponsored Hackersnotepad-plus-plus.orgexternal-linkmessage-square56fedilinkarrow-up1393arrow-down13cross-posted to: opensource@lemmy.mltechnology@lemmy.mlprogramming@programming.dev
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minus-squaredindonmasker@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down1·19 hours agoI would like to know starting from wich version should i be concerned. I haven’t updated in a while i think.
minus-squareMangoCats@feddit.itlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·17 hours agoThe timeline says the attack started in June of 2025 and continued through Dec 2, 2025. If you installed, updated, or silently updated during that period you may have been targeted / compromised.
minus-squareSnazz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·16 hours agoWhat was the latest version before June 2025?
minus-squarepez@piefed.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·11 hours agoLooks like 8.8.1 was May 2025 https://notepad-plus-plus.org/news/v881-we-are-with-ukraine/ 8.8.2 was June 2025 and has a warning to ignore “false positives” of malware in the update… Ouch. https://notepad-plus-plus.org/news/8.8.2-available-in-1-week-without-certificate/
minus-squareKissaki@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·19 hours agoEvery version before the previous one. If you haven’t updated you were not vulnerable to the update hijacking.
I would like to know starting from wich version should i be concerned. I haven’t updated in a while i think.
The timeline says the attack started in June of 2025 and continued through Dec 2, 2025. If you installed, updated, or silently updated during that period you may have been targeted / compromised.
What was the latest version before June 2025?
Looks like 8.8.1 was May 2025 https://notepad-plus-plus.org/news/v881-we-are-with-ukraine/
8.8.2 was June 2025 and has a warning to ignore “false positives” of malware in the update… Ouch. https://notepad-plus-plus.org/news/8.8.2-available-in-1-week-without-certificate/
Every version before the previous one.
If you haven’t updated you were not vulnerable to the update hijacking.