MI6 hackers replace al Qaeda bomb recipes with pirated cake recipes

Hackers working for UK intelligence agency MI6 modified an online al Qaeda magazine and replaced the bomb recipes therein with cake recipes. They called it "Operation Cupcake."

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."

Sounds like someone's got a copyright infringement case on their hands. I hear MI6 has deep pockets.

MI6 attacks al-Qaeda in 'Operation Cupcake'

(via Reddit)

(Image: Pirate Cupcake, a Creative Commons Attribution (2.0) image from nikki1201's photostream)