White House staffer left encrypted email password at bus stop: Report

Published March 17, 2018 5:14pm ET



White House staffer Ryan McAvoy reportedly left a piece of official stationary at a bus stop that contained a password for an encrypted email account.

The news organization The Intercept obtained the piece of paper from someone who found it at the bus stop. The reporter confirmed its authenticity but emails it sent to the aide, who is a staff assistant, were not returned.

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