# Abandoned Popcorn Time apps had to be disabled to prevent a zombie army

- Source: The Verge
- Published: 2026-10-23T19:35:15+00:00
- Category: Tech
- Original: https://www.theverge.com/tech/1017914/popcorn-time-piracy-botnet-avoided
- Canonical: https://groundlevelnews.com/story/abandoned-popcorn-time-apps-had-to-be-disabled-to-prevent-a-zombie-arm-336759/

Remember Popcorn Time, the app that served as an easy-to-use front end for streaming torrents of movies and TV shows? Development of the MPAA's least-favorite app of the 2010s has been abandoned for years, but the "Netflix of Piracy" software is still installed on millions of devices that are just waiting to join a bot […]

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