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title: "WikiLeaks Reveals CIA Tool 'Scribbles' For Document Tracking - Threatpost - The first stop for security news"
url: "https://thecybersecurityplace.com/wikileaks-reveals-cia-tool-scribbles-for-document-tracking-threatpost-the-first-stop-for-security-news/"
date: "2017-05-01T03:24:41+00:00"
section: "Software"
tags:
  - "Software Security"
source: "threatpost.com"
source_url: "https://threatpost.com/wikileaks-reveals-cia-tool-scribbles-for-document-tracking/125299/"
---

# WikiLeaks Reveals CIA Tool 'Scribbles' For Document Tracking - Threatpost - The first stop for security news

May 1, 2017 · Reported by threatpost.com

> WikiLeaks released details on what it said is a Central Intelligence Agency document tracking program called Scribbles, part of the agency’s effort to keep tabs on documents leaked to whistleblowers and journalists. Scribbles allegedly embeds a web beacon-style tag into watermarks located on Microsoft Word documents that can report document analytics back to the CIA.

[Read the full article at threatpost.com](https://threatpost.com/wikileaks-reveals-cia-tool-scribbles-for-document-tracking/125299/)

**Tags:** [Software Security](https://thecybersecurityplace.com/tag/software-security/)