MI6 successfully executes ‘Operation Cupcake’ against al Qaeda
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!”
This is Anwar al-Awliki’s magazine we’re talking about. So it was that thug who ended up telling his jihadis all about Ellen DeGeneres’ rum cupcake recipe.
Is there one for hog cupcakes w. bacon sprinkles? I think I saw somebody make those on Iron Chef once…
You mean a cupcake recipe promoted by an openly gay, out-spoken woman who regularly appears in public less than completely covered?
Ahhh, cupcakes. The snack of choice for busy jihadists on the run.