diff --git a/checks/check_extra768 b/checks/check_extra768
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..66ea5a7b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/checks/check_extra768
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+``# Prowler - the handy cloud security tool (copyright 2019) by Toni de la Fuente
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not
+# use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy
+# of the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed
+# under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR
+# CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the
+# specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License.
+CHECK_ID_extra768="7.68"
+CHECK_TITLE_extra768="[extra768] Find secrets in ECS task definitions variables (Not Scored) (Not part of CIS benchmark)"
+CHECK_SCORED_extra768="NOT_SCORED"
+CHECK_TYPE_extra768="EXTRA"
+CHECK_ALTERNATE_check768="extra768"
+
+extra768(){
+  SECRETS_TEMP_FOLDER="$PROWLER_DIR/secrets-$ACCOUNT_NUM"
+  if [[ ! -d $SECRETS_TEMP_FOLDER ]]; then
+    # this folder is deleted once this check is finished
+    mkdir $SECRETS_TEMP_FOLDER
+  fi
+
+  textInfo "Looking for secrets in ECS task definitions' environment variables across all regions... "
+  for regx in $REGIONS; do
+    LIST_OF_TASK_DEFINITIONS=$($AWSCLI ecs list-task-definitions $PROFILE_OPT --region $regx --query taskDefinitionArns[*] --output text)
+    if [[ $LIST_OF_TASK_DEFINITIONS ]]; then
+      for taskDefinition in $LIST_OF_TASK_DEFINITIONS;do
+        IFS='/' read -r -a splitArn <<< "$taskDefinition"
+        TASK_DEFINITION=${splitArn[1]}
+        TASK_DEFINITION_ENV_VARIABLES_FILE="$SECRETS_TEMP_FOLDER/extra768-$TASK_DEFINITION-$regx-variables.txt"
+        TASK_DEFINITION_ENV_VARIABLES=$($AWSCLI ecs $PROFILE_OPT --region $regx describe-task-definition --task-definition $taskDefinition --query 'taskDefinition.containerDefinitions[*].environment' --output text > $TASK_DEFINITION_ENV_VARIABLES_FILE)
+        if [ -s $TASK_DEFINITION_ENV_VARIABLES_FILE ];then
+        # Implementation using https://github.com/Yelp/detect-secrets
+        FINDINGS=$(secretsDetector file $TASK_DEFINITION_ENV_VARIABLES_FILE)
+          if [[ $FINDINGS -eq 0 ]]; then
+            textPass "$regx: No secrets found in ECS task definition $TASK_DEFINITION variables" "$regx"
+            # delete file if nothing interesting is there
+            rm -f $TASK_DEFINITION_ENV_VARIABLES_FILE
+          else
+            textFail "$regx: Potential secret found in ECS task definition $TASK_DEFINITION variables" "$regx"
+          fi
+        else
+          textInfo "$regx: ECS task definition $TASK_DEFINITION has no variables" "$regx"
+          rm -f $TASK_DEFINITION_ENV_VARIABLES_FILE
+        fi
+      done
+    else
+      textInfo "$regx: No ECS task definitions found" "$regx"
+    fi
+  done
+#  rm -rf $SECRETS_TEMP_FOLDER
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/groups/group11_secrets b/groups/group11_secrets
index ec0b971f..b66a6f88 100644
--- a/groups/group11_secrets
+++ b/groups/group11_secrets
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ GROUP_ID[11]='secrets'
 GROUP_NUMBER[11]='11.0'
 GROUP_TITLE[11]='Look for keys secrets or passwords around resources - [secrets] **'
 GROUP_RUN_BY_DEFAULT[11]='N' # but it runs when execute_all is called (default)
-GROUP_CHECKS[11]='extra741,extra742,extra759,extra760'
+GROUP_CHECKS[11]='extra741,extra742,extra759,extra760,extra768'
 
 # requires https://github.com/Yelp/detect-secrets
 # `pip install detect-secrets`