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