Are You a satisfied user of Kodi media player? Stay alert, because You might unwillingly participate in DDoS attacks. How is this possible? Due to recent actualization of Exodus add-on.

The Exodus is the most popular Kodi add-on which allows users to stream movies and TV-shows content from a variety of sources. Unfortunately, the creator of this popular add-on has recently injected a piece of code which turned every Exodus user into an unwilling DDoS botnet (occasionally referred to as a “zombie army”).

The alteration of the code was revealed and described by the users of tvaddons.ag forum. They have noticed that every time a user tried to play something through Exodus add-on, the plugin attempted to establish additional connections with even 40 external websites.

The creator of the add-on was accused of exposing the Exodus users to possible legal implications due to their participation in DDoS attacks.

The portal TVAddons, responsible for the distribution of the Exodus plugin, has recently informed that the offending code has been removed and that the development of the add-on will be continued without the participation of the original author.