# Zcash Security Announcement 4-12-2017 **URL:** \ **Category:** General\ **Created:** [April 12, 2017, 10:32pm UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/zcash-security-announcement-4-12-2017/15212 "2017-04-12T22:32:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Shawn](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/zcash/user_avatar/forum.zcashcommunity.com/shawn/32/187_2.png) [@Shawn](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/Shawn)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2017, 10:32pm UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/zcash-security-announcement-4-12-2017/15212/1 "2017-04-12T22:32:16Z")
## Security Announcement Paige Peterson | Apr 12, 2017 We have identified a vulnerability in the Zcash client. We have not seen any evidence of this vulnerability being exploited in the wild and the engineering team is currently investigating the issue. We will post more information when available. > **[Security Announcement 2017-04-12](https://electriccoin.co/blog/security-announcement-2017-04-12/)** > > Full announcement Please see the disclosure announcement. Update announcement We have deployed detectors to learn more about the issue and still have no evidence of malicious exploitation. ---
**Author:** ![Shawn](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/zcash/user_avatar/forum.zcashcommunity.com/shawn/32/187_2.png) [@Shawn](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/Shawn)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2017, 1:30pm UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/zcash-security-announcement-4-12-2017/15212/3 "2017-04-14T13:30:34Z")
> [@Official 1.0.8-1 hotfix release and security announcement](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/official-1-0-8-1-hotfix-release-and-security-announcement/15247): > > We’ve released Zcash v1.0.8-1 hotfix release. This fixes a remote denial-of-service vulnerability. Please update to it! Official announcement: [Security Announcement 2017-04-13 - Electric Coin Company](https://z.cash/blog/security-announcement-2017-04-13.html)