E-Rickshaw Bluetooth Battery Vulnerabilities Exploited via Mobile Applications

Viral prank videos demonstrated individuals using mobile applications like BAT-BMS to wirelessly disconnect lithium-ion batteries in e-rickshaws via Bluetooth.

Applications like BAT-BMS were originally developed by Chinese manufacturers for fleet diagnostics rather than sabotage, but lack proper authentication in their modules.

Following incidents and extortion reports, the Indian government directed tech stores to remove several battery management apps from circulation.