First of all, it says right in the blog post they believe it was a state-sponsored group in China:
Secondly, notepad++ is software. Software is not always written perfectly first go-round, so there may need to be updates made to the code. Rather than the developer going around to everyone’s houses with a USB stick, we make use of “the internet” to deliver those updates. For convenience, software updates are often automatic, with little to no user intervention required.
I’m so confused.
First of all, it says right in the blog post they believe it was a state-sponsored group in China:
Secondly, notepad++ is software. Software is not always written perfectly first go-round, so there may need to be updates made to the code. Rather than the developer going around to everyone’s houses with a USB stick, we make use of “the internet” to deliver those updates. For convenience, software updates are often automatic, with little to no user intervention required.
I hope that clears things up.
It wasn’t specifically notepad++ code, but a custom-written updater. That’s why it was connecting to the internet.