Responsible disclosure of IT Vulnerabilities (Criminal liability) is the Ethereum Engineering Group’s part one of a two part series by Dr Adrian McCullagh.
This presentation is a follow on from the first presentation dealing with criminal liability. This presentation focuses of civil liability which means avoiding court action for damages that may arise due to a disclosure of an IT security vulnerability. Is their a duty of care arising when a researcher prematurely disclosure a vulnerability which results in hackers taking advantage of the disclosure prior to a full solution being released by the manufacturer.
This presentation will discuss the industry norms that all researchers should be aware of.
🗓 Wednesday, May 27, 2026
🕔 Time: 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM AEST
📍 Zoom call
✨ Ethereum Engineering Group is a meetup for software engineers, computer scientists, researchers, and technologists who want to understand the Ethereum platform and associated technologies. Since March 2020, the Ethereum Engineering Group meetup has been run via Zoom, online. The timing during the day of the meetup depends on who is talking and what part of the world they live in.