The newscaster was the victim of a 'sustained sexual assault' and had to be saved by a group of women and 20 soldiers, CBS said.
The mother-of-one had been reporting in Tahrir Square in Cairo at the time.
CBS issued a statement today, saying: 'On the day Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak stepped down, CBS correspondent Lara Logan was covering the jubilation in Tahrir Square for a '60 Minutes' story when she and her team and their security were surrounded by a dangerous element amidst the celebration.
'It was a mob of more than 200 people whipped into frenzy. In the crush of the mob, she was separated from her crew.
'She was surrounded and suffered a brutal and sustained sexual assault and beating before being saved by a group of women and an estimated 20 Egyptian soldiers.
'She reconnected with the CBS team, returned to her hotel and returned to the United States on the first flight the next morning. She is currently in the hospital recovering.'
They added: 'There will be no further comment from CBS News and Correspondent Logan and her family respectfully request privacy at this time.'
South Africa-born Logan is married with a two-year-old son.
She is an experienced war reporter is married to Joseph Burket, a U.S. Federal Government defence contractor from Texas, whom she met in Iraq when she was covering the conflict.
She was the only journalist from a U.S. network in Baghdad when American troops invaded the city, and reported live from Firdos Square as the statue of Saddam Hussein was brought down.
She has also reported extensively from the frontlines of Afganistan.
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