Mangled UTM campaign name

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I have been sending emails with SendGrid containing links with UTM parameters.

As I test I have tried with utm_campaign=testing%20weird%20campaign%20codes (testing weird campaign codes) and I have gotten visits with testing weird campaign codes but also with a strange mangled version: gffgvat jfvee dbzcbvta dbeff. Actually, I got an order of magnitude more visits with the mangled campaign code.

The spacing and word lengths are preserved, but it is not a straightforward replacement cipher as far as I can tell. It is unclear to me if it is intentional obfuscation, encryption or some encoding glitch.

I got these UTMs both with Matomo and Microsoft Clarity, I don't think the issue is on the analytics side.

I have seen some loose references online that Microsoft's Advanced Threat Protection tends to do things like this, mangling URL parameters. Although nothing conclusive from reputable sources.

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