Ohio's Attorney General sues DSW Shoe Warehouse over ID theft

Ohio's attorney general sued DSW Shoe Warehouse on Monday to force it to do something it says it can't do. Attorney General Jim Petro's lawsuit seeks to force the Columbus-based shoe retailer to personally contact every consumer affected by a recent case of identity theft. Computer hackers accessed customer data from 111 DSW stores between November and February. Petro estimates more than 1 million customers were affected and around 700,000 have not been contacted.

DSW said it is difficult to contact all customers because it does not keep detailed information on all customers' addresses. The company has worked with banks and credit card companies to notify customers.

The company has contacted about half of the affected credit card customers and 88 percent of affected customers who wrote checks, it said in a statement.