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Notepad++ hijacked by state-sponsored actors

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Re: Notepad++ hijacked by state-sponsored actors

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Post by subsistence234 »

LoganDark wrote: post #81
stirfish wrote: post #67

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Sometimes when the politics deeply affects you, you just need a little break from it.

You can't take a break from that. I have transgender friends who fear for their life every day. They don't know what is going to happen to their rights or their healthcare. I have diabetic friends who can't work and also fear for their life because losing Medicaid would mean they will stop being able to afford insulin and will die . This is what people mean when they talk about politics being important. It's not just…

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Re: Notepad++ hijacked by state-sponsored actors

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Post by [deleted] »

anonymous908213 wrote: post #277
tjwebbnorfolk wrote: post #259

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That you seem to believe politics exists to solve people's problems is probably the reason you feel it is so important. I'm sorry that you are so profoundly confused.

Oh, you're one of those bootstrappy libertarians, I'm taking it. Everything you've ever done is by your own two merits, right? Nevermind the fact that you take society's roads and use society's technology, which are the results of politics. You drink society's water and eat society's food, which are the results of politics. You enjoy the security of not being invaded by enemy tribes nor your neighbors, which are the…

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Re: Notepad++ hijacked by state-sponsored actors

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Post by topspin »

FpUser wrote: post #288
edb_123 wrote: post #185

So, let me get this straight. If I've been lazy, postponed updates and I'm still on 8.5.8 (Oct 2023) - it turns out I'm actually...safer? Anyway, I hope the author can be a bit more specific about what actually has happened to those unlucky enough to have received these malicious updates. And perhaps a tool to e.g. do a checksum of all Notepad++ files, and compare them to the ones of a verified clean install of the u…

8.4.7 here. phew

8.5.7 here (built Sept 6, 2023)

Now I need to worry about this one. I've been anxious about vscode lately: apparently vscode extensions are a dumpster fire of compromises.

Re: Notepad++ hijacked by state-sponsored actors

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Post by faust201 »

tjjuckson wrote: post #235
vjvjvjvjghv wrote: post #207

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I think that the stereotype of Americans lacking nuance around political issue is valid. Obviously, like all stereotypes, it’s not 100% true but Americans seem to feel obliged to pick one side of an issue, most of the time aligned with the worth of their choice, and then to view everything that’s happening through that lens. Try to point out to a democrat that Trump is doing something right or to a Trump voter that B…

> to such an extreme in other countries I know like Germany could you remind me what country is the afd based out of thnx

You do prove the extreme polarized politics. For you it is AfD vs others.

In reality it is not. It is a spectrum of parties. People vote often for smaller parties in the state and larger ones in the national.

Re: Notepad++ hijacked by state-sponsored actors

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Post by globalnode »

esperent wrote: post #88
ryandrake wrote: post #44

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Similar comments also come up in the [now regular] "I don't want to see political articles on HN" threads, and I think the response is similar: Asking for "no politics" is itself a strong political view: One in support/service of whatever the current status quo is. Trying to set oneself apart from (or above) politics is itself political. If you're lucky enough to be one of the fortunate people on earth who are not un…

I partially agree, but as a non-US user of the English speaking internet, the issue is with specifically US politics and social issues being everywhere . It drowns out all attempts at discourse for anything else, and Americans, including people here, seem uniquely incapable of nuance in their thinking when it comes to politics. So, while I fully agree with your stance that banning political discourse is support for t…

best solution to this is a closing of borders and fragmentation of the internet to local regional segments. i know it sounds backwards but it seems thats where we're headed

Re: Notepad++ hijacked by state-sponsored actors

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Post by maxglute »

mmsc wrote: post #278
leosarev wrote: post #252

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> Taiwan has and always will be a province of china You know that's official position of 99% countries in the world, including all superpowers and every NATO member?

No it's not and if you do believe that, you are taking an overly reductionist viewpoint. 99% countries, as they say, "acknowledge China's viewpoint".

~120 countries fully endorse One China Policy. ~60 acknowledge. ~10 recognize ROC.

Re: Notepad++ hijacked by state-sponsored actors

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Post by FatalLogic »

edb_123 wrote: post #185

So, let me get this straight. If I've been lazy, postponed updates and I'm still on 8.5.8 (Oct 2023) - it turns out I'm actually...safer? Anyway, I hope the author can be a bit more specific about what actually has happened to those unlucky enough to have received these malicious updates. And perhaps a tool to e.g. do a checksum of all Notepad++ files, and compare them to the ones of a verified clean install of the u…

>I'm still on 8.5.8 (Oct 2023) - it turns out I'm actually...safer?

Notepad++ site says The incident began from June 2025.

On their downloads page, 8.8.2 was the first update in June 2025 (the previous update 8.8.1 was released 2025-05-05)

So, if your installed version is 8.8.1 or lower, then you should be safe. Assuming that they're right about when the incident began.

edit: Notepad++ has published, on Github, SHA256 hashes of all the binaries for all download versions, which should let users check if they were targeted, if they still have the downloaded file. 8.8.1 is here, for example - https://github.com/notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus/relea...

Re: Notepad++ hijacked by state-sponsored actors

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Post by mmooss »

LoganDark wrote: post #33
icelancer wrote: post #6

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Yeah, Notepad++ is known for political messaging in their updates. Taiwan, Ukraine, etc.

I can't help but feel there must some better venue for such messaging. When I see politics in software updates or documentation, nothing happens because I'm not looking to use the software for political activism. Maybe I tell my adblocker to remove the messaging, and carry on with my task. I can engage with politics in a social context, when political messaging isn't interrupting something else I'm doing; that's a be…

No politics in software, in sports, on HN, at work, at parties, ... it becomes a rare thing, widely 'censored' (socially, not by government), when it is the most important thing.

Re: Notepad++ hijacked by state-sponsored actors

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Post by sMarsIntruder »

permo-w wrote: post #40
stackghost wrote: post #27

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The notepad++ author has publicly come out in favor of Taiwanese independence.

Taiwan is already independent. Surely the normal way to refer to it would be as coming out against assimilation with mainland China?

De facto sed non de iure
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