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FBI investigating computer virus causing outages at D.C. hospital system

By Associated Press
Published March 28, 2016 8:25pm ET
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FBI investigating computer virus causing outages at D.C. hospital system
The virus has affected Washington's Georgetown University Hospital and other medical offices in the region. (AgnosticPreachersKid, via Wikimedia Commons) | Picasa 2.7

WASHINGTON (AP) — The FBI says it’s investigating a computer virus that has crippled information systems at the major Washington-area hospital chain MedStar Health Inc.

The virus has affected Washington’s Georgetown University Hospital and other medical offices in the region.

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