Former UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson forgot his iPhone password. During the ongoing investigation against him for violating the Corona restrictions, he could not give the phone password when asked. But finally the law enforcement agency recovered the password of that phone. News NDTV.
In 2020, due to the fear of the Corona virus that spread from China, a strict lockdown was imposed all over the world. Due to strict restrictions, people could not even meet family members at that time. Even if someone died there could not have been more than 10 people present.
Boris has thrown several parties at his official residence defying all restrictions when everyone was confined in houses. Among those, one was his birthday party. Boris’s actions caused a storm of criticism across Britain. After that, the police started investigating the matter of partying.
Allegations surfaced, he used to invite his friends to parties on WhatsApp. The police then wanted to see the messages he had exchanged on WhatsApp for investigation.
But he said that he no longer uses the iPhone that was used during Covid. He stopped using that phone in May 2021. Then he forgot the password of that phone.
The police then seized the phone and tried to recover the password. Finally the investigating team recovered the password of that phone.
An associate of Boris told the press that it is not true that Boris forgot his phone password. He remembers the password correctly. But he was not telling the password for fear of being trapped.
The aide also said that even though Boris did not tell his password, the law enforcement agency recovered his phone password. However, Boris previously said that if the phone password can be recovered, he is willing to share his old phone messages for the sake of the investigation.