Government pulls e-rickshaw shutdown apps from app store

Ministry of Electronics and IT( MeitY) has issued notices to Google and Apple with directions to remove seven applications including BAT- BMS, SMART BMS, Loggisy from their respective app stores linked to reports of e-rickshaws being remotely disabled due to the misuse of the apps.

MeitY Secretary S. Krishnan told reporters on the sidelines of the CII Cybersecurity Summit that the apps had come to the ministry’s attention a day earlier and were removed soon after. He added that app stores carry a duty of care and that the government would engage with them directly to keep potentially harmful software off their platforms.