The operation was launched by MI6 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’ reported.
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.
It said: « The little cupcake is big again. 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« , the report said.
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