techcrunch[.]com/2026/02/02/notepad-says-chinese-government-hackers-hijacked-its-software-updates-for-months/
The hosting site the Notepad++ dev used was breached from June - December 2nd. If you use the app you're urged to get the latest version, 8.9.1, which is clean. The attackers were highly selective regarding whose systems they compromised using the hacked versions of Notepad++, with most targets in the far east, so you **probably** were not effected.