MedStar Health was forced offline this week after hackers took over its computer systems. An unconfirmed virus reportedly strangled the network and rendered it fully useless. Due to the attack, the healthcare operator’s 30,000 staff members and 3,000 affiliated physicians cannot access online record systems, check their emails, or look up phone numbers. Patients also cannot book appointments.
A MedStar spokesperson has not still responded to a request for comment from The Verge, but the company told the AP that it could not confirm what kind of malware was affecting its system and said its systems were still offline yesterday. The healthcare provider, which operates 10 hospitals in Washington, DC and Maryland, also didn’t clarify how its systems came to be infected.
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