Checking the certificate of DLL makes it harder to hack. Note that once users’ PCs are compromised, the hackers can do anything on the PCs. This solution only prevents from Notepad++ loading a CIA homemade DLL. It doesn’t prevent your original notepad++.exe from being replaced by modified notepad++.exe while the CIA is controlling your PC.
I had to check…
https://github.com/notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus/releases/tag/v7.3.3
O_o
Edit:
Yeah, it was real! Back in 2017.
https://notepad-plus-plus.org/news/v733-fix-cia-hacking-npp-issue/