Article about the ease and horror of identity theft

I read an excellent article that is not only an eye opener about how easy it is for a skilled hacker to get access to people's personal identifiers, it also pretty accurately describes the horror that awaits those unlucky enough to have their identity stolen.  Read this, folks, its interesting.  The article can be found here - http://www.star-telegram.com/business/story/1639596.html.