WASHINGTON (ABC7) — A Spokesperson for MedStar Health System tells ABC7 the FBI is leading the investigation into a virus attack on its computer network.
Sources tell us workers at Washington Hospital Center who tried to log onto their email got a message they would have to pay to get access.
In a statement MedStar told us :
“Early this morning, MedStar Health’s IT system was affected by a virus that prevents certain users from logging-in to our system…”
MedStar said it then moved quickly to shut down its computer network. That outage affected more than a dozen hospitals and dozens more clinics and doctors’ offices in the Washington and Baltimore region.
The facilities continued to care for patients, but it forced workers to use a paper back-up system. For the full article click here
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