MI6 replace bomb reciepies with cupcake recepies

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by Delusibeta » Sat Jun 04, 2011 1:21 am

The Telegraph wrote:The cyber-warfare operation was launched by MI6 and GCHQ in an attempt to disrupt efforts by al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsular to recruit “lone-wolf” terrorists with a new English-language magazine, the Daily Telegraph understands.

When followers tried to download the 67-page colour magazine, instead of instructions about how to “Make a bomb in the Kitchen of your Mom” by “The AQ Chef” they were greeted with garbled computer code.

The code, which had been inserted into the original magazine by the British intelligence hackers, was actually a web page of recipes for “The Best Cupcakes in America” published by the Ellen DeGeneres chat show.

Written by Dulcy Israel and produced by Main Street Cupcakes in Hudson, Ohio, it said “the little cupcake is big again” adding: “Self-contained and satisfying, it summons memories of childhood even as it's updated for today’s sweet-toothed hipsters.”

It included a recipe for the Mojito Cupcake – “made of white rum cake and draped in vanilla buttercream”- and the Rocky Road Cupcake – “warning: sugar rush ahead!” By contrast, the original magazine featured a recipe showing how to make a lethal pipe bomb using sugar, match heads and a miniature lightbulb, attached to a timer.

The cyber attack also removed articles by Osama bin Laden, his deputy Ayman al-Zawahiri and a piece called “What to expect in Jihad.”

British and US intelligence planned separate attacks after learning that the magazine was about to be issued in June last year.

They have both developed a variety of cyber-weapons such as computer viruses, to use against both enemy states and terrorists.

A Pentagon operation, backed by Gen Keith Alexander, the head of US Cyber Command, was blocked by the CIA which argued that it would expose sources and methods and disrupt an important source of intelligence, according to a report in America.

However the Daily Telegraph understands an operation was launched from Britain instead.


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PostRe: MI5 replace bomb reciepies with cupcake recepies
by Lagamorph » Sat Jun 04, 2011 5:48 am

Delusibeta wrote:
The Telegraph wrote:Mojito Cupcake – “made of white rum cake and draped in vanilla buttercream"

Do MI6 have any plans to release this recipe to the general public? Or do I have to download a terrorist magazine to get it? :shifty:

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PostRe: MI5 replace bomb reciepies with cupcake recepies
by Beans » Sat Jun 04, 2011 8:53 am

Lagamorph wrote:
Delusibeta wrote:
The Telegraph wrote:Mojito Cupcake – “made of white rum cake and draped in vanilla buttercream"

Do MI6 have any plans to release this recipe to the general public? Or do I have to download a terrorist magazine to get it? :shifty:

This. Sounds delicious

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PostRe: MI5 replace bomb reciepies with cupcake recepies
by satriales » Sat Jun 04, 2011 11:35 pm

It was MI6.

MI5 don't even like mojito cupcakes.

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PostRe: MI5 replace bomb reciepies with cupcake recepies
by RetroBait » Sun Jun 05, 2011 12:46 am

satriales wrote:It was MI6.

MI5 don't even like mojito cupcakes.



They do like them, they're just above their paygrade.

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by Delusibeta » Sun Jun 05, 2011 12:53 am

satriales wrote:It was MI6.

MI5 don't even like mojito cupcakes.

Derp. That's what happens when you post threads at 1am.

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