Patanjali’s Kimbho messaging app goes off Google PlayStore a day after its launch
An anonymous French hacker said the app was a ‘security disaster’ as he could access the chats of all users.

Kimbho, a social messaging app launched by yoga guru Ramdev’s Patanjali Ayurved Ltd, disappeared from Google PlayStore on Thursday, a day after it was launched. It is not visible on the iOS app store either, NDTV reported. Some initial reports had compared Patanjali’s app to global messaging platform WhatsApp.
Can #kimbho create a space dominated by @WhatsApp just on being #swadeshi So far just around 5k installations and reviews are full of issues and concerns. Nevertheless, seems Patanjali is getting serious about communications. pic.twitter.com/JRsmYxu6so
— Faisal Kawoosa (@fainalysis) May 30, 2018
An anonymous French hacker who goes by the name Elliott Anderson on Twitter called Kimbho a “security disaster”. He said he could access the messages of all users once he downloaded the app. Anderson also said that the app was a copy of another, as the description and screenshots in the stores were the same.
Alderson has previously tweeted about security weaknesses in Aadhaar and other government initiatives.
Hi @KimbhoApp before trying to compete #WhatsApp, you can try to secure your app. It's possible to choose a security code between 0001 and 9999 and send it to the number of your choice #kimbhoApp pic.twitter.com/YQqK8lfIeI
— Elliot Alderson (@fs0c131y) May 30, 2018
The @KimbhoApp is a copy paste of another #application. The description and the screenshots in the app stores are the same. Moreover, the #Kimbho app is making request to bolomessenger[.]com pic.twitter.com/gOKOhash5X
— Elliot Alderson (@fs0c131y) May 31, 2018
Ok, I will stop here. The #Kimbho #android #app is a security disaster. I can access the messages of all the users...🤦♂️
— Elliot Alderson (@fs0c131y) May 30, 2018
“Now Bharat will speak. After launching sim cards, Ramdev has launched a new messaging application called Kimbho,” Patanjali spokesperson SK Tijarawala had said on Wednesday. On May 27, Patanjali had launched “Swadeshi Samriddhi SIM cards”, in a tie-up with Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited.
“Now WhatsApp will be given competition,” Tijarawala had said, adding that Kimbho is a Sanskrit word that means “How are you?”.
#किम्भो संस्कृत में हाल-चाल पूछने और खैर-खबर लेने के लिए आम संवाद में प्रयोग होता है जैसे हम बोलते हैं "किम्भो भैया" यानी..क्या हाल है भैया और क्या चल रहा है, क्या खबर है?
— tijarawala sk (@tijarawala) May 30, 2018
अब भारत बोलेगा..किम्भो
अब भारत पूछेगा ..किम्भो@narendramodi @yogrishiramdev @bst_official @Ach_Balkrishna https://t.co/6viDpigQHM