CenterPoint Energy acknowledged that personal data of customers was exposed in a data breach. Class action suits were filed after the breach. The company noted operations remain unaffected and that customers' personal information was obtained.

Separately, the FBI told Springfield officials that a cyber attack on a school amounted to a data breach that may have exposed Social Security numbers. Records of students and staff were compromised in the Springfield Public Schools incident, the FBI said. The FBI gave the warning to local authorities.