MedStar Computer Virus, Hospital Tech Crisis

MedStar Health

FBI investigating MedStar computer virus - The Federal Bureau of Investigation is investigating a computer virus that shut down MedStar Health Inc. on Monday.

MedStar, which has ten hospitals in the Washington, D.C. area and Maryland including MedStar Georgetown University Hospital, have remained open and functioning, but without its electronic records systems.

The virus on Monday struck the system and prevented some users from logging in, officials said. "MedStar acted quickly with a decision to take down all system interfaces to prevent the virus from spreading throughout the organization," the system said in a statement released on Twitter. "We are working with our IT and Cyber-security partners to fully assess and address the situation."