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> Notepad++ hijacking blamed on Chinese Lotus Blossom crew behind Chrysalis backdoor

[SOURCE] The Register Security [AUTHOR: Jessica Lyons] [DATE: 02/02/2026 23:23] [LANGUAGE: EN]
The group targets telecoms, critical infrastructure - all the usual high-value orgs Security researchers have attributed the Notepad++ update hijacking to a Chinese government-linked espionage crew called Lotus Blossom (aka Lotus Panda, Billbug), which abused weaknesses in the update infrastructure to gain a foothold in high-value targets by delivering a newly identified backdoor dubbed Chrysalis.…
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