Identity theft: An incurable virus?

 Hijacked data can lead to a lifelong battle with bureaucracy SAN FRANCISCO The phone lines are seldom quiet for long at the Identity Theft Resource Center. But lately they have been ringing almost continually. . The calls come from people like Warren Lambert, who phoned on Feb. 18, the same day he received a letter conveying alarming news from ChoicePoint, a company that compiles data on millions of citizen