Abandoned Popcorn Time apps had to be disabled to prevent a zombie army
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
Covered by 2 publishers within 1 hour of the first report.
Summary from The Verge.
Reporting2
The Verge Abandoned Popcorn Time apps had to be disabled to prevent a zombie army · Stevie Bonifield
BleepingComputer Abandoned Popcorn Time app exposed millions of devices to RCE attacks · Bill Toulas