#legacydata

Dissent Doe :cupofcoffee:PogoWasRight@infosec.exchange
2025-09-24

@douglevin @funnymonkey @brett

OK, so the bad news is that it looks like it's true. I got access to the data tranche and there is a LOT of student PII in there in terms of PDF files/letters and psych evals, and I spotted a .csv file with disabilities records on 2k students from 2017 with their IEP disability classification, name, services to be given, etc. I haven't yet started googling names, so I'm saying the data looks real but I haven't actually tried to confirm that yet.

A lot of the documents such as attendance and truancy letters for named students were OLD -- like back to 2003, etc.

I have a feeling that these records -- assuming, for now, that they are real -- do not necessarily trigger notification requirements under the D.C. notification law, but I have emailed DC to ask for clarification on the application of their law to student records.

I have not really spotted employee personnel data of note, but have only skimmed the tranche with a focus on student into.

If you HMU on Signal, I can give you the entire filelist for the tranche.

#EduSec #databreach #cybersecurity #legacydata #FERPA

2025-02-20

Python Pandas EBCDIC: Importing cp500 Encoded Data
Smoothly handle legacy data encoded in EBCDIC using Python Pandas. Learn efficient methods for importing & processing this data, ensuring data integrity.
tech-champion.com/database/db2

Dissent Doe :cupofcoffee:PogoWasRight@infosec.exchange
2025-01-22

Here's another Canadian school that had decades of student data caught up in the PowerSchool breach:

Wellington Catholic District School Board:
wellingtonadvertiser.com/cyber

#PowerSchool #databreach #legacydata #EduSec

@douglevin @funnymonkey @brett

2024-05-01

@dri_ireland is working with a great group of researchers and data stewards to preserve #LegacyData about Irish language, culture and society as part of a new scheme at DRI.

Read more at dri.ie/news/dri-launches-legac

#DigitalPreservation #OpenResearch

Dean Goodmansonponderings
2023-11-30

How often do you do data transformations on fields in a field_validator? docs.pydantic.dev/latest/conce

workaround

2022-11-22

Curious to hear about your experiences with #SPARQLAnything and the integration/federation of legacy data. Please share if you tried out or know any working implementations.

sparql-anything.cc/.

#sparql #dataintegration #legacydata #ai #question

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