British Defense Hacks al Qaeda Website and Posts Cupcake Recipes
- Posted on June 3, 2011 at 10:30am by
Jonathon M. Seidl
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Back in October, we brought you news of the English-speaking al Qaeda magazine “Inspire” that included an article how to “make a bomb in the kitchen of your mom.” But little did we know that back then British intelligence pulled off a hack of the magazine that was pure comedy.
Here’s the gist: Government defense officials hacked in to the website, and when potential terrorists downloaded “Inspire,” instead of getting bomb-making instructions from the above-mentioned article, they got cupcake recipes.
The Telegraph reports:
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!”
According to the Telegraph, the Trojan code also removed articles by Osama bin Laden and his deputy, including a piece called “What to expect in Jihad.” It’s also understood that the CIA considered doing the same thing, but eventually decided against it.
And even though al Qaeda went on to republish the magazine two weeks later, and has since published four other editions of the magazine, it’s still a “sweet” story.
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Comments (109)
Gonzo
Posted on June 3, 2011 at 11:23amShould have put up pictures of Anthony Weiner in his undies.
Report Post »adouglass1
Posted on June 3, 2011 at 12:34pmCruel and unusual punishment but funny as hell!! lol
Report Post »moreteaplease
Posted on June 3, 2011 at 11:23amSo the CIA considered doing it too but then decided against it? Yeah, we don’t want to ruffle any Muslim feathers now…do we? That just wouldn’t be PC.
Report Post »piper60
Posted on June 3, 2011 at 11:19amToo bad they didn’t use recipes that specifically include pork.
Report Post »southernORcobra
Posted on June 3, 2011 at 11:17amBwahahahaha!
Report Post »Pontiac
Posted on June 3, 2011 at 11:15amIslamic terrorist more savvy, Islamic terrorist more angry, Islamic terrorist still alive, countries with Islamic terrorist still free to immigrate to our countries. I don’t see anything beneficial in this story.
Report Post »Classical Liberal
Posted on June 3, 2011 at 11:43amThis victory, while small, is still a victory.
Those who wish death on us and downloaded that article are now on the watch list, and all they got was delicious cake.
Tenshi eh? I hope this becomes a trend.
Report Post »mdalton_5117
Posted on June 3, 2011 at 11:11am“It’s also understood that the CIA considered doing the same thing, but eventually decided against it.”
It’s disappointing that the CIA lawyers got in the way. I would have put up some porn photos and ham recipes. Hope they also placed some tracking code in there so we know who accesses the site. Like the US Gov’t has on the Blaze.
Report Post »double wow
Posted on June 3, 2011 at 11:10amBrilliant!!!
Report Post »LadyLibertea
Posted on June 3, 2011 at 10:55ampriceless…I love it!!!
Report Post »thecrow
Posted on June 3, 2011 at 10:48am“it summons memories”
Yes, such sweet memories:
BAGHDAD, Sept. 19 (Xinhuanet) — Iraqi police detained two British soldiers in civilian clothes in the southern city Basra for firing on a police station on Monday, police said.
“Two persons wearing Arab uniforms opened fire at a police station in Basra. A police patrol followed the attackers and captured them to discover they were two British soldiers,” an Interior Ministry source told Xinhua.
The two soldiers were using a civilian car packed with explosives, the source said.
He added that the two were being interrogated in the police headquarters of Basra.
The British forces informed the Iraqi authorities that the two soldiers were performing an official duty, the source said. British military authorities said they could not confirm the incident but investigations were underway.
http://michaelfury.wordpress.com/2010/08/18/memory-against-forgetting/
Report Post »dbois223
Posted on June 3, 2011 at 10:44amI found this to be very funny. “This bomb tastes amazing, Ahmed come try this, its delightful!”
Report Post »burr99
Posted on June 3, 2011 at 10:43amLMFAO! Take that and bake it.
Report Post »Ricky A. Patriotson
Posted on June 3, 2011 at 10:42amThank God for intelligent people that are able to do this sort of thing.
Report Post »jblovesAmerica
Posted on June 3, 2011 at 10:41amWow great idea
Report Post »Suggestions:
Pork Fat on Toast
Bacon & Eggs& Bacon
Pork & Sauerkraut
Ham & Cheese
Grilled Cheese with Bacon & Bacon
Aldo_the_Apche
Posted on June 3, 2011 at 10:41amthats just plain old funny
OH NO IS THAT A …. cupcake???
Report Post »BiteMePETA
Posted on June 3, 2011 at 10:39amI could care less… what did it prove? they could hack a website? big deal…
http://www.scottsnetwork.com
Report Post »Meyvn
Posted on June 3, 2011 at 12:07pmI think you mean you couldn’t care less.
Report Post »ShayPackrit
Posted on June 3, 2011 at 10:39amThey should have replaced the bomb making instructions with an explosive that is very unstable (one that goes boom while you are making it). Now that, would be hilarious!!
Report Post »NOBALONEY
Posted on June 3, 2011 at 10:39amWhat about some comics?
Report Post »HAVEN
Posted on June 3, 2011 at 12:02pmComics would be good as long as its not the one about Superman giving up his American citizenship.
Report Post »NuffSaid
Posted on June 3, 2011 at 10:39amGood Job Brits!
Report Post »Seabee79
Posted on June 3, 2011 at 10:39amThat’s funny, but what would have been better is posting pork recipes. Oh the Horror.
Report Post »harumph
Posted on June 3, 2011 at 10:38amNow THAT’s funny, right there.
Report Post »CaptRory
Posted on June 3, 2011 at 10:38amWho says the British have neither a sense of humor nor the ability to cook?
Report Post »CAmom
Posted on June 3, 2011 at 11:58amWell, they WERE American recipes…………
LOL!
Report Post »PrfctlyFrank
Posted on June 3, 2011 at 10:38amI used to get little brown cakes from Afghanistan, with a gold stamp on them.. Tasted like crap though so we’d just set em on fire and stuff.. Made me wonder why the Afghans, and all from that part of the world, aren’t just happy all the time..
Report Post »Jaye Byrd
Posted on June 3, 2011 at 10:37amHow about publishing the recipe for Hippie Brownies. Mellow those people out a little maybe?
Report Post »JD Carp
Posted on June 3, 2011 at 10:59amPut up instructions for bar-b-que pork ribs, butts and smoked bacon!
Report Post »ImChiquita
Posted on June 3, 2011 at 10:37amSo how many jihadists actually took the time to follow the instructions?
Report Post »Obama Bin Lying
Posted on June 3, 2011 at 11:24amI guess this would explain the Lull in car bomb detonations over the last week
Report Post »TRONINTHEMORNING
Posted on June 3, 2011 at 10:33amLove it!!! God bless our friends across the pond!
Report Post »randy
Posted on June 3, 2011 at 10:39amSweet!
Report Post »ozchambers
Posted on June 3, 2011 at 10:41amThis explains the mysterious (yet delicious!) cupcakes I received a short while back in a plain brown parcel package with no return address.
Report Post »Ironmaan
Posted on June 3, 2011 at 10:41amI hope they suggested as part of the ingredients to add a bit of fecal matter / e-coli. Yummy.
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The_Almighty_Creestof
Posted on June 3, 2011 at 10:50amToo bad it was not substituted for a real explosive which self detonated upon adding the last chemical
Report Post »TomFerrari
Posted on June 3, 2011 at 10:52amI would have uploaded a recipe for deodorant.
Or maybe something COMPLETELY non-volatile, that took LOTS of hard to get ingredients and lots of labor and resources like money or electricity – things that would make it easy to spot electronic fingerprints left by those trying to complete it. Maybe a prime ingredient would be ephedra! LOL
Am I the only one who thinks it odd that you can buy and sell marijuana in California, but, if you buy or sell ephedra, you’re going to JAIL!
And WE’RE the FREE country???
TOO MUCH government.
God gave us only TEN commandments in the O.T.
The U.S.Constitution fits in my pocket.
EVERY law passed erodes our freedom, piece by piece, bit by bit.
I‘ll bet the federal laws and California’s laws, if printed, would fill an olympic sized swimming pool !!
And we still say we are “FREE?”
LOL
Report Post »Grey Matter
Posted on June 3, 2011 at 10:53am“Achmed, are you sure you followed the recipe?”
“Of course! You must have faith that through the grace of Allah these cupcakes will wreak devastation upon our enemies!”
Report Post »greenherring
Posted on June 3, 2011 at 10:55amThis is awesome! How many terrorists will follow the directions and pull out a big batch of cupcakes on a public bus now and wonder why there is no explosion. I love it.
Report Post »greenherring
Posted on June 3, 2011 at 10:56am@The_Almighty_Creestof…That is not a bad idea either.
Report Post »D0ntTread0nMe
Posted on June 3, 2011 at 10:57amWow… I love that so much and on so many levels… thanks Blaze for starting my Friday with a smile!
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Dustyluv
Posted on June 3, 2011 at 11:00amCan I send my recipe for pork roast??????
Report Post »greenherring
Posted on June 3, 2011 at 11:08amPork Roast Cupcakes!
Report Post »With Bacon fat frosting of course.
greenherring
Posted on June 3, 2011 at 11:10amPork Roast cupcakes!
Report Post »With Bacon fat for frosting of course.
Obama Bin Lying
Posted on June 3, 2011 at 11:18amUnlike the Obama Administration, who would hack the website, and post troop movements….
Report Post »Drum Man
Posted on June 3, 2011 at 11:18amLOL! Yes, I do believe that just made my day. Thanks Blaze!
Report Post »Classical Liberal
Posted on June 3, 2011 at 11:34amVery funny stuff! I just wish our intelligence agencies had done it first.
Props to our friends across the pond.
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on June 3, 2011 at 11:35amHands over head ovation for the Brit’s on this one!!! Love it to the extreme!!!
Report Post »Meyvn
Posted on June 3, 2011 at 11:40amHehe.
Report Post »npbreakthrough
Posted on June 3, 2011 at 11:47amseems like somebody out there would and should be constantly taking out websites that spread terrorist messages……….im sure they dont have much cyber defense in al qaeda
Report Post »CatB
Posted on June 3, 2011 at 11:53amCUPCAKE WARS … I love it … perhaps that is the problem with these terrorists .. not enough cupcakes!
TEA!
Report Post »bbg1123
Posted on June 3, 2011 at 11:57amThey hack the west and do untold damage … the west hacks them and leaves cupcake recipes. Cute, …. but why? If they (Brits) have the capability to breech their security, they should make it count
Report Post »adouglass1
Posted on June 3, 2011 at 12:27pmThe Mojito cupcake sounds delicious!!
Report Post »grandma7
Posted on June 3, 2011 at 12:32pm=o}
Report Post »Nice.
Jaycen
Posted on June 3, 2011 at 12:35pmRight on, Tron. God bless our British allies.
Great job guys! I wish our own intelligence guys had the testicular fortitude to go forward with an operation as sweet as yours.
Report Post »jacobstroubles
Posted on June 3, 2011 at 12:59pmHope they also posted some PORK reccipes for them!
Report Post »Bon Apetite’
Ookspay
Posted on June 3, 2011 at 1:14pmGreat start. now post a “50 Ways to Enjoy Pork” cookbook.
Report Post »IvanK
Posted on June 3, 2011 at 5:55pmThe CIA refused… Of Course! Why would they want to offend El Duce’s political donors?
Report Post »Elena2010
Posted on June 3, 2011 at 8:59pmI have always loved the British sense of humour! Atta Boys, Limeys :-)
Report Post »Anti_Spock
Posted on June 3, 2011 at 10:45pmWell, this explains the unusual spike in bakery explosions in the middle east.
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on June 4, 2011 at 1:11amEveryone, consider something else as well; in hacking their websight and inserting the Trojan virus of code, they may have done more…such as a way to track who is downloading this jihadist garbage so a visit by the polite soldiers of the US and UK may happen…imagine a terrorist in the caves gets a special delivery not of cupcakes but of ticked off Marines!!!
Report Post »one yrs. food ration like Glenn says..
Posted on June 4, 2011 at 6:43amCLaSSIC !!!!!!!!
Report Post »SPKnarr
Posted on June 4, 2011 at 10:27amAmen!!!
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