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know this was not their fault but i haven’t trusted np++ since the charlie hebdo stunt that made it look like the app was a virus.
So what does this mean for ordinary users?
There’s a chance malware was downloaded onto your system through Notepad++'s update mechanism.
The post does specify:
Traffic from certain targeted users was selectively redirected to attacker-controlled served malicious update manifests.
So, I guess, if you’re ordinary enough to not be targeted by state-sponsored hackers, you might not be affected, but it’s not guaranteed.
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. […] The attackers specifically targeted Notepad++ domain with the goal of exploiting insufficient update verification controls that existed in older versions of Notepad++.
🪟h w🪟w, every🪟ne d🪟ing their 🪟wn thing with updates actually isn’t a g🪟🪟d idea? C🪟uld’ve never guessed.
I’m sorry, but can you give me plain English for those that don’t speak emoji? Or at least a language I can run through a translator?
Pretty sure it says
Oh wow, everyone doing their own thing with updates isn’t a good idea? Could’ve never guessed.
Thanks. I tried to read it but idk just didn’t click
Thanks to your comment, I stopped reading it correctly and started reading each as “Windows” in the style of Steve Ballmer remixed into this YouTubePoop music video.
Glorious YouTubePoop
Thank you.
If it wasn’t obvious that every ‘o’ was replaced with a window emoji to lampshade how I’m referring to Windows making each individual application figure out how they do updates, I don’t know what to tell you.
I translated it for them, but I didn’t even realize it was all o’s
I see. Idk why that didn’t click for me.
