Via Stl Today:
David Thul served 22 years with the Minnesota National Guard, and even though he was a dedicated and loyal service member, Thul — like any employee and employer — had some frustrations with the military. After a stint in Kosovo in 2003 and deployment to Iraq from 2005 to 2007, Thul retired last year, thinking those work-related annoyances were behind him.
In June, he received a letter from the federal Office of Personnel Management, informing him that his information was among millions of records stored in a hacked government database, and he would receive 18 months of free credit monitoring to help him identify any fraud that may arise from the compromised information.