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Researchers Push Over 2 Million Updates to Remotely Disable Popcorn Time Updater That Could Fuel a Botnet
Between November 2025 and March 2026, the Dutch security firm Eye Security pushed more than 2 million updates to computers it did not own to switch off a background updater that it said could have allowed an outsider to take over the machine. The updater belongs to Time4Popcorn, an abandoned copy of Popcorn Time, a free app that streamed pirated films and TV over BitTorrent. Popcorn Time was
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The Hacker NewsResearchers Push Over 2 Million Updates to Remotely Disable Popcorn Time Updater That Could Fuel a BotnetEye Security sent over 2 million updates to disable Time4Popcorn's vulnerable updater, which could install unverified code with elevated privileges.